SOFIA (Reuters) - European Union member Bulgaria banned entry to its territory to citizens from around the globe except for 19 EU member states, as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus, its health minister said on Monday.
The Balkan country has closed schools, restaurants and bars and restricted travel between cities since the middle of March in an attempt to slow the contagion. Some 549 Bulgarians have been infected with COVID-19 and 22 have died.
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