Romanians start to empty supermarket shelves amid coronavirus fears
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The Romanians started to empty the shelves of supermarkets across the country to stock up on essential supplies and food items, as they fear that the coronavirus will reach Romania soon.
The first case of coronavirus infection in Romania was officially confirmed on Wednesday evening, February 26, announced Horatiu Moldovan, a state secretary in the Health Ministry.
The coronavirus outbreak in Italy increased the level of fear in Romania, as there are many Romanians living in the regions impacted by the novel coronavirus – COVID-19. Several suspected patients have been quarantined in Romania so far, but only one cases has been confirmed.
Most Romanians queued at supermarkets to buy bottled water, cooking oil, flour, meat and canned food. In the town of Borsa (in Maramures county), for example, the locals rushed to the supermarkets to buy supplies for them, but also for the relatives living in Italy, local Digi24 reported. Some shoppers shared images of empty shelves on Facebook.
The subject is a man from Gorj county, who came into contact with the Italian diagnosed with coronavirus who recently visited Romania. The 71-year old Italian visited Romania between February 18 and 22 and was diagnosed after he returned to Italy. He visited his wife’s family in Craiova and had several meetings in Craiova and Gorj county.
The man in Gorj infected with the coronavirus was quarantined and will be transported to the Matei Balș Institute in Bucharest, where he will be treated. He showed no symptoms of the infection.
