COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Romania on February 26, 2020, with the first confirmed case in Gorj County.

As of May 14, the Romanian Government reports 14,066 people put in quarantine, a further 18,118 in home isolation under medical supervision, and 286,217 tests having been processed.

On February 21, following a COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the Romanian government announced a 14-day quarantine for citizens returning from the affected regions.

On February 26, the Minister of Education and Research required schools to spread awareness about coronavirus.

On March 14, after over 101 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, Romania entered the third COVID-19 scenario. The third scenario goes from 101 to 2,000 cases.

On April 7, a 53 year old paramedic from Suceava became the first reported casualty among Romanian medical personnel. As of April 18, there were over a thousand infected medical staff in the country.

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