A female doctor of the Emergency Medical Substation based in Soroca town, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, died on April 3. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection confirmed the death, but said that details about this case will be provided after the meeting of the Single Command Center for managing the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, IPN reports.

The local press reported that the 65-year-old woman worked in the healthcare sector all her life. During the past ten years, she served in Soroca. Her husband also works as an ambulance doctor.

This is the second case of death among infected health professionals. On March 27, a female doctor from Chisinau aged 79 also died after contracting the novel coronavirus.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Moldova now rose to seven. Two of the victims are from the Transnistrian region.