COVID-19 Romania has today reached an all-time high
in terms of Covid-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic, 19,105, in
the past 24 hours out of 78 thousand tests conducted. Authorities have also
announced 43 fatalities. The previous all-time high was on October 19th 2021,
when 18,863 cases were reported along with 561 deaths. According to Health
Minister Alexandru Rafila, the Covid-related mortality is ten times lower than
in October. Rafila says that the innovative anti-viral treatment will become
available in Romania shortly. On the other hand, the Romanians interest in
getting the jab remains low with a national vaccination rate slightly exceeding
40%. The anti-Covid vaccine will become available to children with ages between
5 and 11 in Romania starting January 26th.
TENNIS
The former world number
one, Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep will today be up against Brazilian
Beatriz Haddad Maia in the third round of Australian Open. Also
COVID-19 ROMANIA - 16,610 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were reported on Wednesday in Romania in addition to 58 related fatalities, of which 2 were prior to the reference period, the Group for Strategic Communication has announced. Half of Romania's counties are in the so-called 'red zone' with a high incidence rate. Since the start of the pandemic, over 1.9 million Romanians got infected with COVID-19 and some 60,000 died to the virus. Against the backdrop of the anti-vaxx campaign fuelled by part of the media, a number of politicians and other public figures, Romania has the second-lowest national vaccination rates at EU level after Bulgaria.
COVID-19 WORLD - The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned global leaders that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. The WHO official warned against the misleading assumption that the Omicron strain is mild and thus less threatening. "An exponentia
STRIKE Trade unionists in Romania s education system are to go on a token
strike on Wednesday and cease classes for two hours in their schools. The
protesters have called for pay rises, for the allotment of 6% of the GDP to
education and the pay for the extra hours worked. Almost 100 trade unionists
from Romania s education on Thursday picketed the government building and the
headquarters of the Social Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party. The
protest on Thursday was their fourth in front of the government building. On
Saturday, the Day of National Culture in Romania, artists and organizers of
various events, mounted protests in Bucharest and Sibiu, in central Romania,
asking for compensations for their restricted activity during the pandemic. The
protesters have denounced the lack of coherent measures aimed at supporting the
sector of culture in Romania, severely affected in the past two years of
pandemic.
HANDBALL SCM Ramnicu Valcea, a wom
Covid-19 update. Romania today
reported over 10,000 new Covid cases and 32 related fatalities, including three recorded earlier. The
incidence rate is on the rise around the country, including the capital
Bucharest, which passed 3 cases per 1,000 inhabitants, entering the red tier.
Restaurants, cinemas, gyms and other venues can now only open at 30% capacity. Also,
schools where the vaccine uptake among staff is below 60% are moving to online
teaching. Romania has recorded 1.8 million infections and some 60,000 deaths
since the outbreak of the virus two years ago. Amid a sustained anti-vaccination
campaign waged by part of the media and some politicians and public figures,
Romania has the second lowest vaccination rate in the 27 EU member states,
after Bulgaria.
Travel. The National Committee for
Emergency Situations has updated the list of countries and territories with
high epidemiological risk. Cyprus, Ireland, Iceland, France, Greece, Denmark,
Portuga
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