Pandemic Romania.<\/strong> 209 people have died with coronavirus in Romania, according to
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\nWednesday’s official report, while the number of cases reached 4,761, with 344
\nnew infections since the previous report. 528 people have recovered. 162
\npatients are in intensive care. Of the 651 Romanian citizens living abroad who are
\ninfected, 412 are in Italy and 195 in Spain. 37 Romanian nationals living
\nabroad have died since the outbreak started. The Romanian health minister Nelu
\nTataru says Romania is yet to reach the peak of the outbreak, which is expected
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\nhas exceeded 82,000. 300,000 people have recovered. Five countries have
\nreported more than 100,000 cases, namely the United States, Spain, Italy,
\nFrance and Germany. More than 1,900 people died in the US in the last 24 hours,
\nwhich is the highest daily toll around the world since the start of the
\noutbreak. In one piece of good news coming from Europe, no new deaths have been
\nreported in Italy, where the death toll is however the biggest in the world.
\nRomania has sent eleven doctors and four nurses to Italy to assist their
\ncolleague from Lombardy for 14 days. In another development, the vice-president
\nof the European commissioner for value and transparency Vera Jourova says the EU
\nhas identified disinformation pieces coming from Russia about the coronavirus
\npandemic and intended to cause fear and anxiety among the population. <\/p>\n
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\nRomani Day.<\/strong> In these extremely difficult times when the number one priority is to
\ncounter the negative effects of the pandemic, Romanian society needs a show of
\nsolidarity and responsibility from each and every citizen, regardless of ethnic
\ngroup, said president Klaus Iohannis in a statement on International Romani
\nDay. He said overcoming the flaws of the public systems in addressing the
\nproblems of the Roma population and eliminating the causes of its social
\nmarginalisation are issues Romania is faced with. The Romanian foreign minister
\nhas underlined that it is the duty of all social players to avoid a discourse
\nbased on hatred, discrimination, racism and xenophobia. The foreign ministry in
\nBucharest has firmly condemned any racist or xenophobic act and has urged for
\ncommon responsibility in fighting prejudice, discrimination and extremist
\naction of an ethnic or racist nature. <\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>The European Union must rapidly respond to the needs of its citizens and
\nmobilise unprecedented resources to cope with the effects of the Covid-19
\npandemic, which undermines Europe’s democracies, according to a letter by
\nParliament speakers from seven European countries, France, Spain, Greece,
\nItaly, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovenia, France Pressed news agency reports. In
\nan appeal to the leaders of the main EU institutions, they say the gravity of the
\nsituation calls for unprecedented mobilisation of resources, especially in the
\neurozone, invoking the spirit of solidarity that is the foundation of European
\nintegration. <\/p>\n
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\nEU science chief Mauro Ferrari has resigned over the response of the EU bloc to
\nthe coronavirus outbreak. Ferrari, who took over in January for a four-year
\nterm, has invoked the institutional resistance and bureaucratic infighting
\nwithin the EU complex structures to his proposal for a widescale scientific
\nprogramme to combat COvid-19. EU governments and institutions have been accused
\nof chaotic response to the pandemic, failing to respond quickly and not working
\ntogether, Reuters notes. On Wednesday, for example, European
\nfinance ministers failed to reach an agreement on a common relief package to
\ncounteract the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n
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\nfair.<\/strong> The 15th edition of Bookfest International Book Fair due to
\ntake place in Bucharest between the 27th and the 31st of
\nMay has been cancelled. The decision comes after an announcement by president
\nKlaus Iohannis that the state of emergency will be extended for another 30
\ndays, until the middle of May. Japan was supposed to be the guest country of
\nthe fair this year. Bookfest is one of the many major cultural events cancelled
\nbecause of the coronavirus outbreak in Romania. (Tr.: CM)<\/p>\n
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