All persons treated for Covid-19 at a hospital are to be quarantined for 28 days. This was effected by an order of Bulgaria's Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev. The minister's new ordinance also says that on the grounds of Article 60, paragraph 1, and in connection with Article 74 of the Administrative Procedure Code, preliminary execution of the ordinance is envisioned with the aim of ensuring citizens' life and protecting their health. The measures are being taken in order to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Bulgaria's Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev issued an ordinance extending the measures against the coronavirus pandemic until 12 April, BGNES reported.

All Bulgarian nationals who are travelling to Romania will be held under mandatory 14-day quarantine at an address that they have to provide. The restriction does not apply to truck drivers and transit travellers, border police authorities inform. The measure is in force since midnight on 25 March.

Two more cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Bulgaria, the head of the National Crisis Response Centre, Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, reported on 25 March. Thus, the total number of infected people in Bulgaria reached 220. Both new cases are in Plovdiv: 35-year-old man and 60-year-old woman are the newly registered coronavirus patients. They have shown typical symptoms of Covid-19 and are hospitalised, Gen. Mutafchiyski explained.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides update information about emergency measures and traffic restrictions in Europe.

Bulgaria's Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev ordered new bans and restrictions aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19. Below is the text of the ordinance, which comes into force today, 21 March:

In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, Europost is launching a new COVID-19 column. It is intended to keep foreign citizens residing and working in Bulgaria informed.