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Another 20 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,036, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Wednesday evening. The latest victims are ten women and ten men, ages between 27 and 90. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Florin Marin; EN - editor: Simona Klodnischi)

Turkey would implement PCR tests on foreign tourists arriving in Turkey as part of measures against novel coronavirus, as the government plans to resume tourism activities in late May, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on May 13.

The confirmation of 16 new cases of Covid-19 brought the total number of known coronavirus infections since the start of the crisis in Greece to 2,760 on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said in an announcement.

The death toll also climbed to 155 after three people died in the 24-hour period from Tuesday afternoon's regular update.

As many as 224 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last report, bringing the total count to 16,002, the Group of Strategic Communication (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Wednesday at noon. Of the people confirmed positive 7,961 have been declared cured and discharged.

As many as 89.3% of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Romania who died had at least one comorbidity, according to a report by the National Centre for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases with the National Institute of Public Health.

"We hope that the summer will be relatively calm, but it is certainly extremely likely that it will return in the fall, and some peaks of the epidemic may even be over the summer," Ivanusa said as a guest in the morning program of RTS.
He stated that it is now much more important than before to respect measures of protection against the spread of coronavirus infection.

Nine more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 1,016, the Strategic Communication group (GCS) informs on Wednesday. These are six men and three women aged between 23 and 92. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Five more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 1,007, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) has informed on Wednesday. It is about three women and two men aged between 63 and 90. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Just two new coronavirus cases were announced during the Health Ministry's briefing on Tuesday, with total confirmed cases in the Republic reaching 903.

A 72-year-old woman who carried the virus died on Tuesday, but experts said her death was not attributed to coronavirus but to underlying health conditions.

Another 11 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the number of the dead reaching 1,002, informs the Strategic Communication Group on Tuesday. The latest deceased are six women and five men between the ages of 59 and 87, from Suceava, Hunedoara, Brasov, Neamt, Ilfov, Bacau counties and from Bucharest.