COVID-19

The coronavirus death toll climbed to to 29 in Romania on Saturday, while 1,452 cases have been confirmed so far. 139 patients have been declared cured. Saturday updates, 13:00hrs.  1,452 cases have been confirmed with the novel…

Red Cross Romania has announced the acquisition of 1 million medical protective masks, which reached the red Cross' main warehouse and have been distributed to the following institutions: the Romanian Defence Ministry, the General…

Over 200,000 Romanians who worked abroad have returned to the country since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, with many of them coming from those EU countries strongly affected by the pandemic, PM Ludovic Orban said on Friday. "On…

After the manager of the “Matei Bals” Institute for Infectious Diseases, Adrian Streinu-Cercel and Bucharest mayor Gabriela Firea had announced on Thursday that 10,514 people from 5 different age groups in Bucharest will be tested for the…

OncoGen, the  first research centre in Romania and Eastern Europe for Gene and Cellular Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer has started tests for a vaccine to fight the novel Coronavirus-COVID-19. "Important day for OncoGen: we have the…

Bucharesters will be tested for the COVID-19, but not the entire population of the Capital city, as former Health minister had announced on Wednesday night, but only a sample of 10,514 people from 5 different age groups, the manager of the…

Romanian Health Minister Victor Costache has resigned in the middle of Coronavirus crisis. PM Ludovic Orban proposed secretary of state Nelu Tataru to take office as minister. Tataru, a surgeon by profession, is leader of PNL Vaslui. The…

The first deaths of those infected with novel Coronavirus have been reported in the past days on Romania's territory. 17 people have died so far. They all had serious pre-existing medical conditions. The Strategic Communication Group has…

The National Institute of Statistics has surveyed, as a first, the impact the novel Coronavirus is having on the Romanian economy. Data revealed there is currently a great incertitude on the local market, with one manager in five saying…

An air transport flown by a NATO aircraft carrying 45 tons of medical equipment will arrive to Romania from South Korea on Thursday, March 26, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence (MApN) announced. MApN has asked NATO's Strategic…