Coronavirus

The Strategic Communication Group (GCS) has reported that there are seven confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bucharest. According to the source, three of them are related to the Gerota case, one has come into contact with the first person infected in Bucharest, and three are citizens who have travelled to Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The leader of the hugely popular Olympiacos FC, shipowner, and media owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced through the social media that he has contracted the coronavirus (which remains unnamed) and that he is following doctors' orders.

The head of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde will participate in a video conference of the EU's 27 leaders to discuss measures to counter the coronavirus, the Council of the European Union said in a tweet.

European Union leaders will hold emergency talks in a video conference call on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a joint response to the virus outbreak. [Reuters]

A coordination centre became operational on Tuesday morning to keep in touch with the public health departments and the healthcare facilities under the authority of the Health Ministry for real-time identification of the risks related to coronavirus infection and establishing required measures.

Greek supermarket chain Masoutis on Tuesday said that has closed its branch in the town of Plomari on Lesvos after an employee was infected with the highly contagious coronavirus, making this the first confirmed case of Covid-19 on the eastern Aegean island.

EU leaders will hold emergency talks to discuss a joint response to the coronavirus, as the bloc's executive offered waivers to its fiscal and state subsidy rules to let states boost public spending.

The announcement of Tuesday's teleconference came after Italy and France called for Europe-wide fiscal stimulus to counter the economic impact of the epidemic.

According to a press statement, foreign nationals coming from areas with intense coronavirus outbreak, namely from Italy, certain provinces of China, from South Korea, Iran and parts of Switzerland, will be temporarily banned from entering our country.

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced the extension of anti-coronavirus measures across Italy, Reuters reports.

There is a travel ban that applies to all Italians.The government said only those with a valid work or family reason that cannot be postponed will be allowed to travel.

In Serbia, two more cases of infection with COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of infected to four, the Ministry of Health said.

According to information from the MIA, 108 people have been tested in the national reference laboratory of the Torlak Institute to date. Last night 5 people were tested for the new coronavirus. Two of the samples were positive.

US doctors have confirmed that it takes five days on average for people to start showing the symptoms of coronavirus, the BBC reported.

Johns Hopkins University experts have analyzed cases of the disease in China and other countries. They found that most people develop symptoms on or around the fifth day.