Viruses

North Macedonia has registered a new record number of daily coronavirus infections for the third consecutive day, with more than half the country's 2.1 million people under an 80-hour near-total lockdown.

Another person infected with the novel coronavirus has died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,316, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Friday evening. It is about a 38-year-old man of Neamt County. Confirmation date: June 4. Date of death: June 2. Comorbidities: acute pancreatitis.

Another seven people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,315, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Friday. These are five women and two men aged between 69 and 85. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Catalin Alexandru; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Moldova says the number of COVID-19 infections is again on the rise, raising fears of a second wave of the coronavirus. The head of the National Agency for Public Health, Nicolae Furtuna, said on Friday that last week alone 45 deaths were registered and the average number of infections during the past few days had exceeded 200 a day.

A number of 96 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last update, bringing the total case count to 20,103, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Friday. Of the infected persons, 14,145 have been declared cured and discharged from hospital. As many as 152 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care.

Another three people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,308, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Friday.

The United Kingdom has introduced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the country from June 8 in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The presence of a negative coronavirus test is not a reason to avoid quarantine.

Cypriot health authorities on Thursday celebrated the country's first full day of zero new coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, but warned that precautions should not be abandoned in days ahead.

Another six people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death tool to 1,305, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Thursday. These are four men and two women aged 69 to 89. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Twenty five new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours from 1174 PCR tests, the head of the coronavirus task force, Prof. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski said at the daily briefing on June 4. Seven were hospitalised.

Eight of the latest cases are in Sofia, 7 in Pazardzhik, 3 in Yambol, 2 in Sliven, 2 in Razgrad, 1 in Plovdiv, 1 in Vidin and 1 in Rousse.