FILE PHOTO: Workers spray disinfectant against the coronavirus outbreak outside St Nedelya church ahead of Orthodox Palm Sunday services in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will start large-scale testing for COVID-19 infections after securing sufficient test kits, easing a serious shortage, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said on Wednesday.
The Balkan country, which has confirmed 747 cases of the coronavirus and 36 deaths, has been testing only people deemed most at risk of infection, saying it lacked enough test kits to cover larger groups in the nation of 7 million people.
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