A loosening of Covid-19 restrictions is planned for April, Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told a news briefing on Tuesday. Pupils will be probably back to school from 12 April, and toddlers may return to kindergartens from April 5. The timetable for a restart of in-person classes has yet to be specified.

Staring 29 January (Friday) until 30 April, Bulgaria is introducing a requirement for every incoming traveller to present a document attesting to the fact that they have had a negative PCR test for the novel coronavirus within the last 72 hours of their arrival to the country.

At an extraordinary meeting of the government today it was decided to extend the term of the emergency epidemic situation in Bulgaria until 30 April. In this regard, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov directed the health minister to prepare an order clearly setting out the deadlines for the gradual easing of measures.

Extending the emergency epidemic situation by three months, effective from 1 February, i.e. until the end of April, proposes Minister of Health Prof Kostadin Angelov. He announced this himself during a hearing in the relevant committee of the National Assembly.

The finalised set of anti-epidemic measures which will be in force until 31 January 2021 were reported by the ministers at a working meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

New, stricter measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus are being introduced by the government. The new restrictions are to take effect on Friday, 27 November and apply until 21 December. The news came from Minister of Healthcare Kostadin Angelov. The order will officially enter into force Friday evening.

Wearing facemasks outdoors will be mandatory starting Thursday, 22 October. The announcement came from Minister of Healthcare Prof. Kostadin Angelov.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said at a news conference on Monday that the state of epidemic emergency in Bulgaria, prompted by the spread of COVID-19, will be extended by a month until 31 August by order of Health Minister Kostadin Angelov.
"We will extend the state of emergency due to the pandemic by one more month to make the measures work," Borissov said.

The Covid-19 epidemic emergency, in effect until July 15, will be extended until July 31, 2020, Bulgarian Health Minister Kiril Ananiev told a news briefing here on Monday. The decision was made at a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, members of the National Coronavirus Task Force, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev.

Bulgarian Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued four orders which set out the new rules and measures in connection with the coronavirus. They will be valid until the end of the epidemic emergency - 30 June. Initially, the mandatory wearing of protective masks had to remain only in public transport. Kiril Ananiev's order states now that we must wear personal protective equipment at pharmacies and hospitals too. Wearing facemasks remains recommended in all other public venues, especially outdoors.