Virus Snarls Romania’s Search for a Government as Cases Rise

  • President to rename Orban as prime minister designate: report
  • Orban, ministers head for quarantine after colleagues infected

 Ldovic Orban delivers a speech at the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest.

Photographer: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

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Romania’s president again asked Ludovic Orban to form a new government, although the process face hurdles after the premier announced he is heading into quarantine due to the coronavirus.