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More than half of British people believe that China is responsible for the fast spread of novel coronavirus, a new poll suggests.

According to the survey carried out for British tabloid Daily Mail by Redfield & Wilton, 56 % of the U.K. public holds Beijing responsible for the spread.

Six more people have died from the novel coronavirus in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 417, the Strategic Communication Group, the official coronavirus communication task force, announced on Saturday morning. It is about six men and two women, aged between 48 and 83. AGERPRES (RO - editor: Andreea Rotaru; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu)

As part of Turkey's efforts to evacuate its nationals from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic, as many as 1,765 Turkish citizens were brought back to the country over the past 24 hours, a Turkish official said on April 18. 

The Greek Health Ministry on Friday announced 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 2,224.

Another three patients died in the hospital, pushing the death toll up to 108.

A total of 71 patients are intubuted, the ministry said, adding that their average age is 67. 

The average age of the dead is 74.  

Another 11 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 411, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday after-noon. It is about 7 men and 4 women aged 46 to 94. AGERPRES (RO - editor: Georgiana Tanasescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu)

The United States registered a record number of coronavirus deaths per day, according to Johns Hopkins Institute, which makes its own calculations based on federal and local statistics, as well as other sources.

As many as 360 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last reporting to date, bringing the total caseload to 8,067, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force reported on Friday at noon. Of the infected people, 1,508 have been declared cured and discharged.

An emergency medical services worker in eastern Turkey who beat the novel coronavirus has helped other COVID-19 patients recover by donating her plasma.

Melek Yıldırım, a paramedic living in Diyarbakır, was infected with the virus during a trip to France and overcame it after 13 days of treatment.

Turkey's 4,600 teams tasked with detecting and screening the chain of contacts of people infected with the coronavirus have been important in reducing the number of COVID-19 cases, listing the last people contacted with a diagnosed person, finding out if they have symptoms and reducing the likelihood that the virus will infect others.

A number of 491 new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus have been registered in Romania since the latest information, the total number of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 thus reaching 7,707, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Thursday. A number of 1,357 persons have been declared recovered and were discharged.