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Bulgaria interested in buying 30,000 PCR tests from South Korea

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Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov held a phone conversation with the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in. Seoul has increased the number of fast analyses with PCR tests, in order to detect the virus early and limit the spread of the epidemic, President Moon Jae-in said. The Bulgarian government showed interest in buying 30,000 PCR tests a month from South Korea. President Moon Jae-in promised Premier Borissov to check the available quantities of PCR tests and when these tests can be shipped to Bulgaria. Boyko Borissov and Moon Jae-in agreed that Bulgaria and South Korea apply the same measures for physical isolation and distancing, as well as the same prevention and medical treatment which are among the most adequate globally.




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