Bucharest. Romania's health care, consistently ranked as the EU's worst according to the Euro Health Consumer Index, finds itself unable to cope with the spread of the virus (Photo: andreistroe)

Romania: Inside the EU's worst healthcare, as virus hits

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by Cristian Gherasim, Bucharest,

Facing looming medical shortages, and just 12 days into his investiture, Victor Costache last week (26 March) quit as Romania's health minister - just as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus from spreading.

Costache's decision came hours after declaring that all two million residents of Bucharest would be coronavirus tested - despite

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Cristian Gherasim is a freelance journalist contributing to EUobserver, Euronews, EU Reporter, Katoikos, Von Mises Institute, and bne IntelliNews, with a particular focus on European and regional affairs.

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Bucharest. Romania's health care, consistently ranked as the EU's worst according to the Euro Health Consumer Index, finds itself unable to cope with the spread of the virus (Photo: andreistroe)