“At 4:00 pm, Deputy Minister Nankov informed me that he tested positive for COVID-19.

I am waiting for orders from the sanitary authorities, and until then I will be on self-isolation.

I was in contact with him five days ago, ”the Bulgarian Prime Minister wrote on Facebook.

Borisov added that on the morning of October 23, he had already passed a negative test for coronavirus.

As TASS clarifies, the Minister of Regional Development and Amenities, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Agriculture of the republic will also go to self-isolation.

Earlier, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev interrupted his visit to Estonia and went into self-isolation due to contact with a coronavirus patient.