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Turkey has collected 552.5 million Turkish liras ($82.4 million) so far as part of a National Solidarity Campaign to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus, according to its official website.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a National Solidarity Campaign on March 30 to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus, donating seven months of his salary to the initiative.

Authorities on the popular Greek holiday island of Mykonos were scrambling on Thursday to discover how a 69-year-old resident contracted the novel coronavirus and to trace everyone she may have come into contact with in order to contain its spread.

Some Turks are in no way laid-back when it comes to preventing getting infected with the novel coronavirus, which has ravaged the whole world, wreaking havoc on many economies.

A tradesman in the Black Sea province of Ordu's Altınordu district has found a novel "solution" to prevent coronavirus contamination through banknotes.

A total of 412 people are infected with a coronavirus in Bulgaria.

The first case of COVID-19 was registered in Ruse as well. This was announced at a briefing at the National Operations Headquarters. General Ventsislav Mutafchiiski reported that there are 13 more cases of COVID-19 infected in Bulgaria. 

Three more persons infected with the novel coronavirus died, with the death toll in Romania reaching 85, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan; editor - Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Cristina Zaharia, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

One in two Greeks expect to be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a new survey, which also found that the overwhelming majority of the population approve of the government's measures in response to the pandemic.

One in two Greeks expect to be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a new survey, which also found that the overwhelming majority of the population approve of the government's measures in response to the pandemic.

"We needed help to quickly make enough visors, this was our main mission," said GP Nenad Lazarov, one of the initiators of the Facebook group '3D Print Medical Equipment'. "People are doing this wholeheartedly."

Tuesday saw another death of an 82-year-old man who had contracted coronavirus, while 32 more tested positive, raising the total confirmed cases in the Republic of Cyprus to 262.

A new case was also confirmed on Tuesday in the north, where total cases reached 70 and fatalities remained stable at one.

Two more deaths due to the novel coronavirus were confirmed Tuesday evening in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 82, according to the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force. The latest fatalities are a 70-year-old man of Sibiu County and a 70-year-old man of Mures County.