Two cases of infection with the Brazilian version P.1. of SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed in Romania, informs the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).
According to the same source, it is about a 38-year-old man from Bucharest, symptomatic, with pre-existing medical conditions, no history of travel and no known contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, and the source cannot be specified.
The second case is also a man, aged 57, from the Capital, symptomatic, with pre-existing medical conditions and who would come from a community outbreak with 3 cases, the possible source being one of his colleagues.
The epidemiological investigation for the 2 cases is ongoing, INSP mentions.