59 new cases of coronavirus discovered in Romania bringing total to 367. Apparently 52 patients have also recovered from the disease on the national level.

🇪🇸 The second hospital in Madrid has collapsed this morning: it no longer has the capacity to care for more COVID19 patients.

RTVE Newsreports that the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) has been deployed to move coronavirus patients to field hospitals. @COVID19Up

🇮🇹 BREAKING: Italy reports 6,557 new cases of coronavirus and 793 new deaths, raising total to 53,578 cases and 4,825 dead. @COVID19Up

Romanian military order via the Interior Ministry: Groups larger than 3 persons will no longer be allowed in public places; closure of all non-essential retail spaces except supermarkets, pharmacies, cleaning services as of 22:00 on 22.03.2020 (tomorrow) https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/ordonanta-militara-fara-grupuri-mai-mari-de-3-persoane-pe-strazi-noi-activitati-comerciale-sunt-inchise-in-romania-1279165

Story from a few days ago; UK lending interest rates are now 0.1%, the lowest in the history of the entire Bank of England (325 years) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51962982

Oh, oh. The largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, will have empty shelves the following days, due to "distribution failures".

I'm genuinely wondering how much chaos this will cause.

https://www.nu.nl/economie/6039357/komende-dagen-legere-schappen-bij-albert-heijn-door-distributiestoring.html

UK is on the same trajectory as Italy for coronavirus deaths

First death in Romania confirmed: a male patient coming from France who had other serious medical conditions https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/primul-deces-din-romania-din-cauza-covid-19-un-barbat-revenit-din-franta-internat-la-craiova-cu-alte-afectiuni-grave-1279279

433 confirmed cases (+66) in Romania, 2nd death of the day confirmed due to coronavirus

note: first patient 67 year old male, second patient 74 year old male.

Update 21:26 eastern Europe time (GMT+2), third death announced

🇮🇹 BREAKING: Italy reports 5,560 new cases of coronavirus and 651 new deaths, raising total to 59,138 cases and 5,476 dead. @COVID19Up

🇸🇾 Breaking: first case of COVID-19 documented in Syria, health minister confirms. @COVID19Up

https://www.rt.com/usa/483797-fema-coronavirus-trump-national-guard/
FEMA vows to ‘ATTACK health & safety’ of Americans in chilling slip as Trump activates National Guard to battle Covid-19

143 new cases of coronavirus in Romania bringing the total to 576. A new death was confirmed bringing the total to 4 deaths.

Update 14:10 GMT+2: a second death of the day bringing total deaths to 5.

Update 18:50 GMT+2: third death of the day brings total deaths to 6 in Romania

Ukrainian MP claimed “there is no coronavirus” in his speech, tested positive for COVID-19

https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fnh58d/ukrainian_mp_claimed_there_is_no_coronavirus_in/

Boris Johnson: quarantine measures announced for people living in the UK, people won’t be allowed outside of their houses except for food and medicine shopping, personal exercise and will otherwise be expected to stay home

https://www.romania-insider.com/coronavirus-romania-hospital-closed-covid

“I am from that exact place and we kind of predicted that, but nobody took us serious. In the past 3 weeks people have flooded the region coming mostly from Italy. Some of them got sick and walked in straight into ER at that hospital. A couple of days ago the hospital proudly announced that a new and faster testing method is available. Until then they had to send the samples 200km away. Now... Everything is a mess. The head doctor from that hospital called in this morning all the staff(infected, tested, confirmed or not) in one room and didn’t show up. Later today it was confirmed that he was positive too and resigned.”

8th death due to coronavirus confirmed in Romania

Update 21:40 GMT+2: 3 more people die due to coronavirus bringing total to 11 deaths in Romania

Update 23:50 GMT+2: total of 12 deaths reached

186 new cases of coronavirus in Romania - new total 762 cases, 8 deaths

https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/186-de-cazuri-noi-de-covid-19-in-24-de-ore-bilantul-infectiilor-cu-noul-coronavirus-ajunge-la-762-1280348

Romania 🇷🇴: Total quarantine to be enacted in Romania as of tomorrow: persons will only be allowed to leave their houses to buy basic necessities, to work (where approved) and for utter emergencies.

Persons over 65 years of age are no longer allowed to leave their houses under any circumstances.

The total quarantine period will be in force for an undetermined period of time.

The army will support the police in the implementation and maintenance of the aforementioned measures.

https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/klaus-iohannis-anunta-carantina-totala-in-romania-tot-ce-era-pana-acum-recomandare-devine-obligatoriu-masurile-in-vigoare-de-maine-1280363