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Acting FinMin Citu: Romania more prepared than ever to face any type of economic challenge
Romania is more prepared than ever to face any type of economic challenge, acting Finance Minister and Prime Minister-designate Florin Citu wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
"We have the necessary resources (a record-high buffer included) and fiscal instruments to ensure Romania's sustainable economic growth in the medium term," Citu wrote, adding that the 2020 budget was designed to meet both domestic and external challenges to the economic growth.
EU member states are ready to use all the fiscal instruments and resources in this complicated economic context, caused by the coronavirus outbreak, Florin Citu said.
"We have just finished the Eurogroup teleconference with all the EU finance ministers. The subject: the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on EU countries. EU member countries are ready to use all the fiscal instruments and resources in this complicated economic context," the acting FinMin wrote.
Romania has six confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, informed the Strategic Communication Group. A 71-year-old male from the northern Suceava County was confirmed on Wednesday with coronavirus, making him Romania's sixth COVID-19 patient, the Strategic Communication Group informs.
As many as 35 people in Romania are in institutional quarantine, and another 10,094 are in isolation at home and under medical monitoring, the Emergency Situations Department (DSU) said Wednesday in a press statement.
In the case of the 35 persons, checks are carried out to see if they have contracted the COVID - 19 (coronavirus).
DSU brings to mind that four cases of COVID - 19 infection have been confirmed in Romania. The first to test positive is considered to be cured after two tests came out negative within 24 hours of each other. The man was discharged from hospital on Monday, March 3.
The other three patients are at the specialist care facilities in Cluj-Napoca or Timisoara, with the health status of all of them being good.
On Monday, 67 calls were made to the 112 emergency line and 977 to the toll-free line 0800 800 358, which opened mainly to inform people