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Germany declares Varna, Blagoevgrad and Dobrich high-risk coronavirus regions

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The Bulgarian embassy in Berlin has been informed by the foreign ministry of Germany that, as part of the coronavirus prevention effort, measures are being prepared regarding entry into Germany by arrivals from three regions of Bulgaria – Varna, Blagoevgrad and Dobrich.

They will be declared high-risk regions, and as of Saturday, 8 August, all arrivals from these regions will be subject to mandatory testing. Until the test result is ready they will be subject to mandatory 14-day quarantine. If the test returns positive, the quarantine will be lifted, the ministry of foreign affairs announces, as quoted by BNR’s Horizont channel. 



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