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Health Ministry fines Prime Minister for not wearing a mask indoors

PM Borissov on his visit to Rila Monastery
Photo: BTA

The Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his entourage will be fined 150 euros each for violating the order of the Minister of Health and not wearing masks in closed public spaces, the Ministry of Health has announced. Among the sanctioned persons are journalists, cameramen, photographers and everyone who has been to the church of the Rila Monastery. They will b fined for non-compliance with anti-epidemic measures, the ministry said in response to an inquiry by the Sega newspaper. 

Borissov visited Rila monastery to check on the renovation of the monastery and the strengthening of the road leading to Bulgaria's biggest monastery.



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