Victor Babes

Romania is on the verge of a flu epidemic, Digi24 TV reports. The high temperatures in the country for the last few days favor the activity of viruses, noted the media in our northern neighbor, BTA reported.

Timisoara City Mayor Dominic Fritz on Tuesday announced that one of the medical projects implemented in Timisoara, the Pandemic Controller, has caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO) and could be given as an example of good practices in a guide developed by the Organization.

One more person infected with the novel coronavirus, a nurse from Tandarei, has died, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Tuesday. The death toll because of COVID-19 thus reaches 332 in Romania. "Based on the first information, the nurse from Tandarei died on April 13.

Four more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have passed away, hence the death toll in Romania so far hits 122, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed Friday. It is about three women aged 60 to 69 and a 78-year old man. One woman, of 59, was from western Hunedoara County.

A 70-year-old man, infected with the novel coronavirus, died Sunday night, the death toll reaching three, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reports. "It's about a 70-year-old man who was admitted to Piatra Neamt County Hospital. He tested positive on March 19 and transferred to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Iasi on March 20," the cited source says.

A number of 433 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far, and two persons died, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Sunday. Of them, 64 were declared cured and discharged, 47 in Timisoara, 11 in Bucharest, 3 in Craiova, one in Iasi and 2 in Constanta. Since the latest information broadcast, 66 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been recorded.

Mayor of Timisoara municipality Nicolae Robu has announced on Tuesday that they received the feasibility study for the construction of the first oncology centre for personalised therapy in eastern Europe, which will be built at the "Victor Babes" Hospital, where both lung tumors and tumors of other metastasis organs will be treated, and the municipality is ready to start the works as soon as po