National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Criminal prosecutors have completed investigation at site of fire at the Matei Bals Institute, resulting in 12 deaths

Criminal prosecutors and police finished the on-site investigation at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Prof. Dr. Matei Bals on Friday, one week after the fire that broke out on January 29, and a technical expertise will be ordered in this case by INCD INSEMEX Petrosani, in order to establish the causes of the fire.

MS requests postponement of relaxation measures in Bucharest, due to cases of infection with new SARS-CoV-2 variant

Two other cases of infection with the increased transmissibility SARS-CoV-2 variant were sequenced at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases "Matei Bals", informed the Ministry of Health, specifying that it recommended, on Friday, to the Bucharest City Emergency Management Committee (CMBSU) to postpone the decisions to relax the restrictions.

Young man of Bucharest becomes 82nd confirmed coronavirus case in Romania

A young man from Bucharest is the 82nd confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus, the Strategic Communication Group announced. The youngster, aged 20, came from the U.K. on 12 March. He has been admitted to the "Professor Matei Bals" National Institute of Infectious Diseases and tested positive on the same day, according to the quoted source.