The Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsarov issued an order according to which work teams of up to 7 people can be allowed to not wear protective masks under certain conditions. This will be a decision of employers, owners or managers of public facilities, commercial and other sites providing services to citizens. The condition is that all individuals must have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and/or have had a coronavirus infection.
The emergency epidemic situation is Bulgaria will be extended for another 15 days and will end on July 1st. The emergency epidemic situation was supposed to end on June 14th but the prime minister and staff have decided to extend it until the end of the month. The decision comes after a significant increase in the number of newly infected since the end of last week due to the emergence of several new outbreaks in recent days in Dospat, Surnitsa and Shumen.
