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As a lockdown continues in Turkey's northern province of Zonguldak as part of the country's measures against the novel coronavirus, tens of thousands of people are isolating themselves from daily life, including hard-working miners.

A number of 337 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 7,216, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. A number of 1,217 persons have been declared recovered and were discharged.

Another five people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, bringing the total death toll so far to 362, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Wednesday. It is about four men and one woman aged between 55 and 74.

The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 102 on Wednesday after a female patient passed away, Skai reported.

The patient was a 86-year-old woman being treated in Alexandroupoli, according to the report.

Coronavirus infections rose to 695 in Cyprus on Tuesday where 33 more people tested positive for the virus, according to Health Ministry officials.

According to the ministry's daily briefing, three of the new cases were identified from a total of 655 coronavirus tests conducted in the framework of the targeted tests on employees of businesses continuing to operate amid the outbreak.

A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

"While not welcome news, this is an event we anticipated. We kept response teams in Beni and other high risk areas for precisely this reason," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.  

Another five people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of deaths from COVID-19 to 351, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Tuesday. The latest victims are four men and a woman, aged between 56 and 86. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Florin Marin; EN - author: Simona Klodnischi, editor: Simona Iacob)

Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines on April 14 announced extending the suspension of international flights amid coronavirus outbreak.

The company will not fly on international routes until May 2020 "in accordance with the decisions taken by the authorities of Turkey and to protect the public health from novel coronavirus pandemic."

A number of 246 new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania according to the latest report, with the total number of persons who got infected reaching thus 6,897, informed the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) on Tuesday. Among the persons who got infected, 1,051 recovered and were discharged from hospital.

Nearly 13,000 citizens who came from abroad are currently in quarantine in Turkey as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, the country's youth and sports minister said on April 14. 

A total of 12,912 citizens are under quarantine at dormitories across 57 provinces, said Mehmet Kasapoğlu.