From 7 January 2022 to 31 March 2022 pursuant to Order No. RD-01-977 / 26.11.2021, amended and supplemented by Order No. RD-01-1036/ 17.12.2021 and Order No. RD-01-04/05.01.2022 of the Minister of Health for the purpose of tourism on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria tourists are allowed through the following border checkpoints (BCPs):
The entry in the country is conducted on an assessment of the prevalence of COVID-19 in the respective countries by criteria and placement of the countries in color zones.
Color zones are as follows:
Persons arriving by color zones of the countries in the Republic of Bulgaria
Countries in the green zone
Countries in the orange zone:
Persons who do not present a document under item 4.2 are placed under quarantine for a period of 10 days in the home or other accommodation where the person has indicated that he will reside, with a prescription issued by the director of the relevant regional health inspection or a deputy director authorized by him.
Countries in the red zone:
All countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation that do not fall within the Red Zone are considered to be from the Orange Zone.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
List of countries according to Appendix No. 1 item I, 3 of Order No. RD-01-977 / 26.11.2021 of the Minister of Health.
Green zone:
Orange zone:
All countries outside the green and red zone.
Red zone:
Annex 4 of Order No RD -01-977 /26.11.2021
List of countries whose COVID-19 vaccination, testing and disease certificate is considered equivalent to the EU digital COVID certificate:
1. The Republic of Northern Macedonia;
2. The Republic of San Marino;
3. The Swiss Confederation;
4. The Republic of Turkey;
5. Ukraine;
6. Vatican City State (only in respect of vaccination certificates issued);
7. The Principality of Andorra;
8. The Republic of Albania;
9. The Faroe Islands;
10. The Principality of Monaco;
11. The Republic of Panama;
12. The Kingdom of Morocco;
13. Israel;
14. Armenia,
15. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
16. Republic of El Salvador;
17. United Arab Emirates;
18. Lebanese Republic;
19. Cape Verde;
20. Uruguay;
21. Tunisia;
22. The Kingdom of Thailand;
23. Taiwan;
24. Montenegro
The list is subject to update and supplementation depending on the development of the epidemic situation.
Information by countries from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in connection with the travel conditions at COVID-19 – https://www.mfa.bg/bg/covid19map [1]
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
On 15 November 2021, the European Commission adopted four decisions certifying that the COVID-19 certificates issued by Georgia, Moldova, New Zealand, and Serbia are equivalent to the EU digital COVID certificate. As a result, from 16 November 2021, the four countries will be connected to the EU system and their COVID certificates will be accepted under the same conditions as the EU digital COVID certificate.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
In the sense of the Order No РД -01-977 / 26.11.2021 of the Minister of Health “Valid digital COVID EU vaccination certificate or similar document” is a document for completed vaccination course against COVID-19. The document must contain the names of the person written in Latin, according to the identity document with which he/she travels, date of birth, the date on which the last received dose of vaccine against COVID-19, serial number of the dose, and the total number of doses in double vaccines, the trade name of the vaccine against COVID-19, name of the manufacturer/holder of the marketing authorization, country of issue and name of the issuing competent authority and, for the EU certificate, its unique identifier.
The completion of a vaccination course is considered to be the administration of the appropriate number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine listed in Annex No 3 and the expiry of a 14-day period from the date of administration of the last dose. The combination of one dose of Vaxzevria / AZD1222 with one dose of Comirnaty / BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine) is also considered a completed vaccination course.
“Valid EU digital COVID certificate” is a document certifying that a person has suffered from COVID-19 and which is valid for the period from the 11th to the 180th day from the date of the examination entered in the document. The certificate must contain the names of the person written in Latin, according to the identity document with which he/she travels, date of birth, date of the first positive result of the NAAT test and a positive result (Positive), details of the issuing authority, country, which the examination was done and its unique identifier. “NAAT test” means a molecular test for nucleic acid amplification, such as polymerase chain reaction with reverse transcriptase (RT-PCR), cyclic-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), and transcriptional-mediated amplification (TMA) techniques used to detect the presence of ribonucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2 (RNA).
A document analogous to the EU's digital COVID certificate of illness is a document certifying that a person has suffered from COVID-19, and which is valid for the period from the 11th to the 180th day from the date of the examination entered in the document. The document must contain the names of the person written in Latin, according to the identity document with which he/she travels, date of birth, date of the first positive result of PCR test or rapid antigen test and a positive result (Positive), information about the medical institution, carried out the examination (name, address or other contact details) or the issuing authority and the country in which the examination was conducted.
“Valid EU digital COVID certificate for testing” or a similar document is a document showing a negative result from a polymerase chain reaction test performed up to 72 hours before entry into the country or a negative result from a rapid antigen test conducted up to 48 hours before entry into the country, as of the date of sampling entered in the document. The document must contain the names of the person written in Latin, according to the identity document with which he/she travels, date of birth, type of test, written in Latin method (PCR or RAT) and negative result (Negative), date and time of collection test sample, trade name and manufacturer of the test (mandatory for rapid antigen tests), name of the laboratory / medical institution that performed the test, country where the test was performed and authority that issued the certificate / document, and for the EU certificate - and its unique identifier.