Viruses

The largest emergency hospital in Sofia, Pirogov, discharged its last two Covid-19 patients. The hospital has treated 156 patients who had tested positive for the new coronavirus, 36 of whom were in intensive care.

Professor Sotiris Tsiodras, known to the wider Greek public as the Health Ministry's spokesman for the novel coronavirus, was the first speaker in a series initiated by Alternate Foreign Affairs Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as chairman of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers.

Greek health authorities reported four new deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 179.

The Health Ministry said in its daily press release the median age of the deceased was 76 years.

Six more people have died in Romania due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the country's total death toll to 1,276 deaths, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, announced on Monday afternoon. These are a 76-year-old woman and five men aged 64 to 83.

A 70-year-old woman infected with the novel coronavirus died at the Greek capital's NIMTS navy hospital on Monday, bringing the country's death toll to 178.

The unnamed woman was the third victim of Covid-19 in less than 24 hours, following nearly three days without any casualties from the disease.

A number of 2,424 people are in institutional quarantine on the Romanian soil, and another 90,292 in isolation at home and under medical monitoring, as a result of the epidemic with the novel coronavirus, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Monday.

The number of Romanians abroad infected with the novel coronavirus has remained the same since the last report, which is also true for deaths, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, informed on Monday. According to GCS, 3,074 Romanian citizens abroad were confirmed as infected as of June 1, and 106 as dead from the disease.

 A number of 141 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been reported in Romania since the last information, bringing the total count to 19,398, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, announced on Monday at noon. Of the people confirmed positive, 13,426 have been declared cured and discharged.

The death of two patients on Sunday night brought Greece's Covid-19 death toll to 177 following nearly three days without any fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic.

Sunday's first victim was a 66-year-old woman who was being treated at the capital's Sotiria Hospital and suffered from underlying health problems that contributed to her death.

Turkey lifted a two-day-long curfew early on June 1 that was imposed in some provinces as part of efforts to contain the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 4,500 people in the country.

The curfew was in effect in 14 major provinces as well as Zonguldak province, where the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases is high. Travel was also restricted in the provinces.