Bulgaria tightens arrival conditions as COVID infections surge


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: A woman awaits to receive a dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by a medical personnel from a mobile unit in the village of Krushovitsa, Bulgaria, October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will require almost all travellers from the European Union to have a negative PCR coronavirus test prior to entry along with a valid COVID certificate, starting on Friday, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

The measure is aimed at limiting the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the ministry said.

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