Checks for obligatory Covid-19 “Green Certificate” in Bulgaria start today

The grace period that the state gave to the businesses to make the necessary arrangements to comply their work with the requirement for a green certificate has expired.

From today, October 25, green certificate is required for entry to indoor activities such as visits to shopping malls, restaurants, fitness centres. Exceptions are visits to pharmacies, banks and grocery stores.

Checks will be undertaken and customers and owners will be fined if there are people who do not have a certificate of vaccination, a negative PCR or antigen test, or a document proving that they been ill and recovered from Covid-19.

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As of October 21, Bulgaria made a Covid-19 “Green Certificate” mandatory for access to indoor venues including restaurants, cinemas, gyms and shopping malls.

Bulgaria introduces Covid-19 green certificate for all indoor activities as of October 21

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