Ministry of Health

As it grapples with coronavirus, Turkey is not expected to face any major problems in the short- or mid-term in its food supply or food security, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Ankara, Turkey's capital.

There are many generous donation to fight COVID-19 in Bulgaria. Many Bulgarian and US companies have showed solidarity to Bulgarian Hospitals and initiatives. See some of them below:

Presenting the app, Health Minister Venko Filipce said North Macedonia was looking to use "all tools and possibilities" to combat a disease that, as of April 15, had killed 44 people.

Information Society Minister Damjan Manchevski said all data would be securely stored.

Finance Minister Florin Citu announced on Wednesday that work is being done on a significant package of measures to restart the economy, a package to be introduced after the end of the state of emergency.

Senior official with Romania's Ministry of Health Horatiu Moldovan said on Tuesday that there is talk of changing the country's COVID-19 testing strategy, given that in two weeks' time there could be more than 7,000 tests per day. He said that an increase in the number of tests for the frontline doctors and dialysis patients is being considered.

685 are the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria according to data from the National Operational Headquarters. To date, 9 new cases have been reborted, with 5 in Sofia and 4 in Stara Zagora. The laboratories continue to work, the Ministry of Health reported.

There are 384 infected men and 301 women.

All persons are required to wear a protective mask when in indoor or outdoor public places. Such an order was given by Health Minister Kiril Ananiev. The order and the measure will be in force until April 26.

The Istanbul Pharmaceutical Association and the Turkish Ministry of Health have decided to give away masks to Istanbul citizens for free.

According to Turkey's Haberler website, citizens will be able to recieve medical masks form the pharmacies after they show their personal code which they will receive via SMS message.

The Minister of Health, Nelu Tataru, on Thursday said that sanitary materials, coveralls and test kits are now available for all hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.

The BRC has provided 150,000 protective masks for the needs of the Logistics Coordination Center of the National Coronavirus Operational Headquarters. The protective masks will support the daily battle with the COVID-19 pandemic.