News archive of April 2020

Turkey has taken the speed of the spread of coronavirus under control, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, as the death toll from the outbreak increased by 107 to 1,403 on April 14, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 4,062 to 65,111.

Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 98 to 1,296 on April 13, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 4,093 to 61,049, the Health Minister said.

The total number of recovered cases stood at 3,957, Fahrettin Koca shared in a Twitter post. 

Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 97 to 1,198 on April 12, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 4,789 to 56,956, the Health Minister said.

Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 87 to 812 on April 8, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 4,117 to 38,226, the Health Minister said.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged to 38,226 as 4,117 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told via a Twitter post. 

"What happened today - as much as we expected - still surprised us," the Prime Minister said.
"As of yesterday, at 3 pm, we had eight dead, which is the highest number of deaths, the largest so far," Brnabic said at Batajnica Airport, upon receiving Russian assistance in Serbia.

This is indicated by the data of the National Operational Headquarters

485 are the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria, and the victims of the virus are 14. This is according to the latest data from the National Operational Headquarters.

An 83-year-old woman with COVID-19 died at Alexandrovska Hospital. She suffered from hypertension and diabetes.

The level of debate in Parliament yesterday was a far cry from what one used to see in the tumultuous years of Greece's bailout memorandum and prior to that.

The difference does not lie in the fact that the seats were almost all empty - only party leaders with a handful of their MPs were allowed in the chamber -due to health precautions to prevent transmission of the coronavirus.

Technomarket Bulgaria EAD transferred BGN 100,000 to the account of the Ministry of Health for supporting the activity of the medical establishments in Bulgaria in the conditions of the emergency situation related to COVID-19.

Greek Health Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras on Friday announced 99 new coronavirus cases, raising the total in the country to 1,613.

He added that the death toll has risen to 59 with six more people in hospital passing away. The average age of the dead is 71 years, he said.

Romania's Health Minister Nelu Tătaru has announced that 445 new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of infected to 3,183, according to Digi24 TV.

The number of deaths from the coronavirus is 118. A total of 283 people have been declared cured and released by hospitals. Currently, 83 patients are undergoing intensive treatment.