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Restrictions will be in force until April 13 to contain the spread of coronavirus after the number of confirmed cases in the Balkan country more than tripled to 23 in one day.
Bulgaria confirmed its first death of a patient due to the virus on Wednesday, and on Thursday the number of confirmed cases jumped to 23 from seven.
The state of emergency, which parliament voted for unanimously, will allow for travel bans to and from countries with large coronavirus outbreaks, the closing of schools and universities, and will permit police to intervene when the imposed isolation of infected people is not observed.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov appealed to Bulgarians to follow the rules and threatened one-year prison terms for those who fail to observe quarantine.
“We want this state of emergency for one month,” he told parliament.
“We need it for those who violate quarantine.”
The capital Sofia, home to two million of the country’s seven million people, will keep all schools, cinemas, gyms and clubs closed for a week.
Under the state of emergency rules local governments will decide on closures in their areas.
Courtesy of Sky News
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