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. According to Catalin Apostolescu, spokesman of the Matei Bals Institute, the 27-year-old female patient, who had no recent overseas travel record, presented herself on Jan. 3 with minimal symptoms.