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73% of Bulgarians approve of the state of emergency over coronavirus

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According to 70% of Bulgarians, Bulgaria was not late in introducing the measures against the spread of Covid-19, while 67% believe that European countries were late. This is indicated by a survey of the Trend News Agency, commissioned by the 24 Hours newspaper, which took place in the period 1-5 April 2020. 73% of respondents approve of the introduction of a state of emergency as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus. 35% of the respondents believe that measures introduced by the Bulgarian government should be even more stringent; 39% consider them to be sufficiently rigorous and 23% think that they should be lighter.




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