Bulgaria makes newly launched Covid 19 ‘Green Certificate’ mandatory
On Tuesday Bulgaria launched its COVID-19 “Green Certificate” as a mandatory requirement to access at restaurants, theatres, cinemas, concert halls, gyms, clubs and shopping malls as the country faces a rise in coronavirus infections.
On Tuesday Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov explained that the new digital or paper health pass confirms that the person has been vaccinated, has recently recovered from COVID-19 or has tested negative.
He also said “The number of infected is growing, the number of deaths is also increasing, which forces us to take additional measures,” its also a warning that venues that do not follow the rules will be closed.
On the same day the Balkan country of 7 million reported 4,979 new COVID-19 cases and 214 coronavirus-related deaths, furthering the rise in new infections since the start of September.
As per the official data, Bulgaria has had the highest COVID-19 death rate in the 27-nation European Union in the past two weeks and 94% of those deaths were unvaccinated people.
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