The fourth case of infection with COVID-19 was confirmed in a man in Romania’s Timișoara on March 3. Another 37 persons are in quarantine. The first case of the novel coronavirus was also confirmed in Ukraine today, in a man who recently returned from Italy.

Contacted by IPN, press officer of the Border Police of the Republic of Moldova Raisa Novitski said the protection measures at the border crossing points remained the same. The employees of the Border Police wear gloves and masks and use disinfectants. Thermal scanners that detect high body temperatures are used at the Chisinau International Airport. Digital thermometers are used at the other frontier posts.

Thirteen persons tested negative for COVID-19 in Moldova so far, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection.