Bulgarian PM Borissov isolated, awaits COVID-19 test results

Bulgarian PM Borissov isolated, awaits COVID-19 test results
# 24 July 2020 20:12 (UTC +04:00)

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has gone into quarantine after the head of his political office tested positive for coronavirus late on Thursday, the government press office said in a statement, APA reports citing Reuters.

Borissov, 61, whose first test for coronavirus came out negative, will stay in self-isolation until the results of a second test taken early on Friday come out, a government spokeswoman said.

Bulgaria has registered a spike in coronavirus infections in the past month. On Friday, the Balkan country had 268 new cases, bringing the total to 9,853 including 329 deaths.

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