BUCHAREST, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Romanian Health Ministry on Friday reported the country's first case of the new coronavirus strain, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom (UK) last month.
One of the COVID-19 strains sequenced at Romania's Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases matches the high transmissibility variant identified in the UK, the ministry said, adding that the patient is in a "very good" clinical condition in isolation at home.
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