Sofia, Bulgaria: Amid new amendments, visitors arriving from 10 countries in Bulgaria are now not required to present their digital COVID-19 certificate. The announcement was made by the Bulgarian Minister of Health – Assena Serbezova.
The policy comes in effect from today onwards, Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
These ten countries are listed below:
- North Macedonia,
- Turkey,
- Romania,
- Serbia,
- Hungary,
- Poland,
- the Czech Republic,
- Slovakia,
- Israel,
- and Egypt.
The European country scraped its policy of “green certificate” from April 1, 2022, but the travellers arriving in Bulgaria were required to present their green pass or certificate, which shows the vaccination status of an individual also whether they contracted the viral disease and a negative test.
The ones who do not possess a green pass are required to undergo a quarantine period of ten (10) days. This regulation can be lifted if one tests negative for the novel coronavirus after 72 hours of arrival to the Balkan state.
In addition, Nato military personnel participating in international exercises and multinational contingents and escorting civilians are not needed to show their European Union COVID certificate for vaccination, testing evidence or any other related document.
One can visit the official website of the Bulgarian government at – https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bulgaria.
According to the official data, more than 115,000 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 mutant had been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. On the other hand, there are a total of 36,730 patients of the COVID-19 virus who lost their lives to the deadliest mutant since the outbreak emerged in the nation.
