Bulgaria to declare state of emergency over coronavirus


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Mar 2020

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to declare a state of emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Thursday as the country's confirmed cases rose sharply to 23.

The Balkan country confirmed its first death of a patient due to the virus on Wednesday, and on Thursday the number of confirmed cases jumped to 23 from 7.

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