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Bulgaria wants to buy PCR tests for COVID-19 from USA: Premier Borissov

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Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov held a phone conversation with the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Boyko Borissov and Mike Pompeo discussed the measures Bulgaria and the USA are taking to limit the spread of COVID-19. It became clear during the phone call that American scientists and experts are developing a vaccine against the virus and that Bulgaria will be among the first countries the USA will share it with. Premier Borissov told Mike Pompeo that Bulgaria is interested in buying PCR test sets for COVID-19 from the USA.




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