Bulgarian PM to be fined for not wearing mask

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will be fined 300 levs ($A250) for not wearing a protective face mask during a visit to a church.

“All persons who were without protective face masks in the church at the Rila Monastery during the prime minister’s visit will be fined,” the health ministry said.

As well as Borissov, journalists, photographers and camera people who accompanied him into the church without masks will also be fined, the ministry said.

Health Minister Kiril Ananiev on Monday ordered Bulgarians to resume wearing masks again at all indoor public venues after the Balkan country last week recorded its highest weekly rise in coronavirus cases.


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