The 19 new cases were reported as follows: four in Arad, three in Ilfov, two in Valcea, two in Timisoara, one in capital Bucharest, one in Cluj Napoca, one in Salaj, one in Buzau, one in Ialomita, one in Hunedoara, one in Galati and on in Suceava.
The 19 people infected with the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) are aged 19 to 54. They are quarantined or in self-isolation.
The people infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus) are hospitalized in Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Craiova and Constanta, being under constant medical supervision.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis declared state of emergency starting Monday (March 16), in order to allow the Government to better manage the coronavirus crisis.
The state of emergency can be enforced in crisis situations that require exceptional measures, such as when the national security and constitutional democracy are threatened or when a disaster occurs or is imminent. The state of emergency represents a set of exceptional political, economic and public order measures applicable throughout the territory of a country or in some administrative-territorial units.