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The end is in sight. Restrictions are being lifted and slowly but surely, we're starting to feel 'normal' again. Across Europe and beyond, offices are starting to reopen, empty classrooms have welcomed back students, and spending time with family and friends is no longer limited to staring at each other on a screen.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Minister of Health, Dr. Stoycho Katsarov, on June 15, issued an Order according to which the requirement for wearing protective masks may be lifted for employees in work teams of up to 7 people.

Η δέσμευση περιλαμβάνει συνεισφορά ύψους 765 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων στον μηχανισμό COVAX

The inoculation against the coronavirus continues, but the current vaccination rate is insufficient, this country's Chief State Health Inspector Associate Professor Angel Kunchev said for BNT. 70%-75% of the population needs to get vaccinated, in order to contain the spread of the virus. "If we fail to do so, we will pay the price later", noted Angel Kunchev.

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Greece closed its border to all travel earlier than other countries, thus avoiding the full effect of the pandemic's first wave, noted Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the online conference "Beyond the Pandemic: A Radical New Approach to Health Security", held on Tuesday.

The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden's move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said on June 6, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its efforts to secure vaccines as it battles an outbreak.

The caretaker Minister of Health, Dr. Stoycho Katsarov, approved with his order a template of the EU Digital DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE for the disease COVID-19.

This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Health. The certificate is valid from the 15th to the 180th day from the date of the first positive PCR test for COVID-19.

President Joe Biden outlined his plan on June 3 for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally before July, with 75 percent of shots disbursed via the Covax program.

The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on June 2, but underlined it was still struggling to get enough doses to help poorer countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The scheme is trying to get enough vaccines for 30 percent of the population in 92 of the poorest participating territories - 20 percent in India - with donors covering the cost.

Turkey, Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic have, in various ways, eased their rules for arrivals from Bulgaria, according to statements by the Foreign Ministry in Sofia.