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Turkey is facilitating the supply of medical aid to northwestern Syria to cope with a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told the Security Council on April 30. 

Turkey is at the peak point of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on April 29. 

"I can say that we are at the peak period, but we are seeing a fall," in the number of cases, he said at a press conference, adding that risk of a new wave is possible if the current measures are not followed. "But such a thing cannot happen with these measures."

Greece's death toll from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has risen to 139 after a patient at the capital's NIMTS hospital succumbed to the disease on Wednesday, reports said.

According to the same reports, the patient, aged 89, had serious underlying health conditions.

A number of 362 new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus have been registered in Romania since the latest information, the total number of cases thus reaching 11,978, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. From among the persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, 3,569 were declared recovered and discharged.

Currently, 25 people are positive for the new virus, and three new cases have been confirmed this morning.

Turkish foreign minister on April 28 attended the 7th teleconference of the International Coordination Group on the coronavirus.

In a Twitter post, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said cooperation and coordination in multilateral organizations in the fight against coronavirus as well as support for vulnerable countries against the pandemic were discussed at the meeting.

Two more people died from Covid-19 in Greece in the past 24 hours, putting the death toll at 138, a health ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Sotiris Tsiodras said 36 of the victims (26.1 pct) were women and rest were men. The median age of the deceased was 74 years and 90.6 percent had an underlying disease and/or were aged 70 or older.

A private Athens clinic that was shut down following a coronavirus outbreak last week said it had "adhered religiously" to the safety instructions issued by Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) to keep patients from getting infected with the coronavirus.

A group of 25 travelers and students currently stranded in Argentina after border gates were closed and flights were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic wants to return to Turkey.

A number of 277 new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus have been registered in Romania since the latest information, the total number of cases thus reaching 11,616, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Tuesday. From among the persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, 3,404 were declared recovered and discharged.