COVID-19

As many as 628 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Romania were recorded in the last 24 hours following 38,000 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday. These are cases of patients that have not previously tested positive.

Turkey will begin requiring negative COVID-19 test results and proofs of vaccination for some sectors, including from teachers as schools reopen next month and for domestic travel.

The government announced a set of new rules late on Aug. 19 as the country fights the coronavirus pandemic with a strategy focusing on its vaccination program.

Bulgaria is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave. Measures against the spread of the virus will be introduced at national level and will not differ from those applied during previous waves. The scope of the restrictions is also linked to the implementation of economic measures to support the affected businesses, Bulgaria's Chief State Health Inspector Assoc. Prof.

As many as 541 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Romania were recorded in the last 24 hours following 32,000 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Thursday. These are cases of patients that have not previously tested positive.

A third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine offers better protection against the coronavirus, Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said, urging people to get the booster shot.

Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 381 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, down slightly from the three-month high registered on the day before. The positivity rate remained high, at 17%, show data released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).

The positive cases came from 2,235 PCR tests. An additional 21,583 rapid antigen tests were performed as well.

Out of 85 samples tested at the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD), the Delta variant of Covid-19 was identified in 84 (99%). The Alpha variant was detected in 1 of the sequenced samples.

The samples were taken from Covid-19 patients in 26 medical establishments from 18 districts in the country in the period 8-28 July 2021.

After a contact with a coronavirus patient infected with Delta variant, there is no chance you will not get sick, said Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, Direcrocr of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) in the morning program of bTV.

As many as 541 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Romania were recorded in the last 24 hours following 35,044 tests nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Wednesday. These are cases of patients that have not previously tested positive.

Ljubljana – From a total of 2,228 PCR tests analysed in Slovenia on Tuesday, 385 came back positive for coronavirus, up 67 from Monday. The positivity rate rose by 1.8 points to 17.3%, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said on Wednesday. This is the highest daily tally of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country since 25 May.