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2/3 of the compensations paid out were targeted at the economic sectors affected most badly

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67% of the money the state has paid out to employers has been to preserve jobs during the state of emergency declared on 13 March, 2020, and was targeted at the economic sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. These are the processing industry,  the hotel and restaurant business and trade, indicates an analysis by the National Social Security Institute of the compensations paid out to businesses for overcoming the consequences of the coronacrisis. Almost 50% of all companies which received assistance are concentrated in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. 



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