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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. 

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.

Four more people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 650, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs on Tuesday. It is about two men and two women aged between 47 and 64. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Three more people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 631, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs on Monday. It is about two men and one woman aged between 65 and 79. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalin Alexandru, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Cristina Zaharia)

Nine more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, Romania's COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 628, the Strategic Communication Group informed on Monday. It is about six men and three women aged between 41 and 97. AFERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - author: Cristina Zaharia, editor: Rodica State)

Three more people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 527, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Thursday. The latest victims are two men and a woman, aged between 56 and 82. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor Georgiana Tanasescu; EN - author: Simona Klodnischi, editor: Simona Iacob)

One hundred and seventy-seven residents from the small town of Kranidi, southern Greece, who were tested for the novel coronavirus came back negative, according to state-run broadcaster ERT on Thursday morning.

The tests wre ordered by health authorities after they discovered a cluster of coronavirus infections at a local facility housing refugees earlier this week.

Three more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 519, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs on Wednesday. These are two women and one man aged between 51 and 65. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)

He indicated that outbreaks most often came from Southeast Asia.
According to him, the region has a wide range of animals that are carriers of various viruses and can transmit them to humans.
Malishev pointed out that coronavirus is found in a family of cats - lions, tigers, panthers, however, it mostly occurs in bats.

Greece's health and migration ministers were meeting Wednesday to discuss protective measures to keep the novel coronavirus from spreading in the country's migrant camps.

The meeting between Vassilis Kikilas and Notis Mitarakis at the Health Ministry was being attended by the government's chief scientific adviser on the coronavirus, Sotiris Tsiodras, and other officials.