Passports

As of 29 July, arrivals in Bulgaria from red zone countries will require a certificate of vaccination or recovery, plus a negative PCR test performed up to 72 hours prior to entry. The previous order did not include certification of recovery.

New York's Metropolitan Opera will require audiences and performers to be fully vaccinated for its upcoming season, the house announced on July 27 amid debate in the United States about mandatory vaccinations.

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Covid-19 vaccination rates are rising across Europe, restaurants and bars are reopening, people are traveling for work and leisure, and life is returning to something resembling normal.

The upper house, the Senate, has already adopted a text earlier, which many believe restricts freedom.
According to the adopted text, there will be no dismissals of people who do not agree to the mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus. However, these employees are threatened with salary suspension.

France's parliament approved a law early on July 26 requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.

As of Monday, July 26, Bulgaria is closed to foreigners coming from four other countries - the Netherlands, Malta, Andorra and Georgia. Bulgarian citizens arriving from these countries, permanent residents and members of their families are allowed in our country only against a negative test for COVID-19, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not.

Some protesters shouted "Treason" and one bore the sign "Stop Corona Fascism" because of a law that would give vaccinated against COVID-19 easier access to public events and spaces, so that, for example, shopping malls could be entered with digital certificate.
The government hopes that such a law will motivate people to get vaccinated.

Now it seems that Orban and Ader will, after all, have a 45-minute audience with Pope Francis, who will leave the same day to start his three-day visit to Slovakia.

A new Covid health pass has come into effect in France amid a surge of new infections.

From Wednesday, people need proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from Covid to enter most museums and cinemas.

Later lawmakers will debate whether to extend its use in August for entry to cafes, restaurants and shopping malls.

Vaccination against coronavirus in Serbia started well, our country was in the lead in the number of vaccinated, but everything suddenly slowed down. One by one, EU countries are starting to talk about mandatory vaccination, at least in the most sensitive sectors.