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About 5000 medical personnel would be covered at this first stage, he said. “Ten thousand doses will arrive, but we will cover 5000 because we want to make sure that the second dose is reserved for them, in case of logistical problems,” Kunchev said. It is possible that the delivery of the first batch of vaccines to Bulgaria will be on December 25. Kunchev said that in the first week of January, Bulgaria would receive 52 000 doses, followed by 5000 a little later in the month. “For February the number is close to 90 000, and from March onwards to 150 000, 200 000 and 300 000 doses.” H...

A total of 925 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, according to figures posted on December 20 by the national information system. Bulgaria’s death toll linked to Covid-19 now adds up to 6551, of which 55 deaths were in the past 24 hours. In the past week, the number of confirmed cases in Bulgaria has risen by 12 077 to a current total of 191 029. This figure includes those who have died, those who have recovered, and the active cases. There are 6640 patients in hospital, 584 fewer than a week ago. A total of 542 are in intensive care, 53 fewer than...

At a meeting on December 20 between Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov and Health Minister Kostadin Angelov, it was decided to suspend all flights between Bulgaria and the UK from December 21 and January 31, Bulgaria’s government media service said. As of December 20, everyone arriving in Bulgaria from the United Kingdom – including Bulgarian citizens – will be subject to a mandatory 10-day quarantine, Bulgaria’s Angelov decreed in an order on Sunday. The measure is necessary because of a new strain of...

» A growing number of countries are banning flights from the UK to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus A growing number of countries are banning flights from the UK to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus Joshua ZitserDec 21, 2020, 13:24 IST A British Airways Airbus A319 lands.Robert Smith/NurPhoto via Getty Images Fears around a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 have prompted multiple countries to cancel flights from the UK. Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, France, Ireland, and Is...

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Pamporovo opened its 2020/21 ski season on December 19, with required precautions in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Between December 19 and 27, the resort is offering special-price lift passes, costing 52 leva for adults, 42 leva for youths and 31 leva for children, it said in a Facebook post. On the afternoon of December 19, the resort reported snow cover of 90cm and said that seven pistes were open and six lifts were working. Plovdiv news website podtepeto said that the skiing conditions were perfect and the slopes well-maintained. There were relati...