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Quarantine of PM Borissov lifted after 2 negative tests

| updated on 10/24/20 5:03 PM
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The Sofia Health Inspectorate has announced that it has lifted the quarantine imposed on PM Boyko Borissov after he tested negative in PCR tests in two consecutive days.
Earlier today, it was announced that Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, as well as the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Petya Avramova, the Minister of Finance Kiril Ananiev and the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Desislava Taneva have been put in quarantine. The reason is that they travelled with the Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov, who announced that he was positive for Covid-19, BTA reported.
Earlier, Borissov himself announced that he had isolated himself, although his PCR test was negative.


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