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Romania confirms first case of coronavirus - health minister

 BUCHAREST - Romania confirmed its first case of coronavirus in a man from the southern county of Gorj on Wednesday, Health Minister Victor Costache said.

"The man had been in direct contact with an Italian citizen who traveled to Romania earlier this month," Costache told reporters. "He is in a good condition and will be transferred to a Bucharest infectious hospital." (Reporting by Radu Marinas; Editing by Sandra Maler)