A number of 112 new infections with COVID-19 were confirmed in Moldova on April 5, with the total number of infections rising to 864. Eight of the persons returned infected to Moldova, from the UK, Italy and Russia. The rest are cases of local transmission. The information was presented after the meeting of the Single Command Center that manages the COVID-19 pandemic, IPN reports.

President Igor Dodon said that as it was anticipated, the number of citizens infected with COVID-19 has increased at the beginning of April and the novel coronavirus outbreak is set to peak in mid-April. It is estimated that the number of infections the coming days will exceed 1,000.

As regards the towns of Soroca and Ștefan Vodă, which are in quarantine, President Dodon said that if this regime is not respected, other measures will be taken there. The authorities will have to restrict the exits from the house and to allow these only based on a permit. The issue will be discussed on April 6.

Igor Dodon said the situation is also worrisome in Glodeni, where 18 new cases of infection with COVID-19, 11 of which among doctors, were confirmed today. COVID-19 tests will be performed massively among frontline medical personnel. When the 100,000 test kits from China arrive in Moldova, all the healthcare workers will be tested for COVID-19.

A state of emergency was declared in Moldova for 60 days on March 17. Of the 15 deaths caused by the novel coronavirus so far, three were reported on the left side of the Nistru. The youngest infected patient is a woman aged 27 from the Transnistrian region. Three doctors are among those who died.