COVID 333 new infections with the new cornoavirus have been registered in
\nRomania since the latest estimate bringing the toll to 6633. 914 of those
\ninfected have been cured and released from hospitals. 213 patients are in the
\nintensive care units while other 318 people died. 47 Romanian nationals have
\nbeen killed by the virus abroad. Authorities are expected the pandemic to reach
\nits peak in the following period. In another development the country’s health
\nminister Nelu Tataru decided jointly with Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca that army
\nmedical personnel take over the management of the county hospital in Focsani
\nsouthern Romania, after 15 medical workers in this unit had been infected with
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DRILL Romanian servicemen and their US counterparts are participating in a
\njoint drill at the training center in Babadag, south-eastern Romania, sources
\nwith the National Defence Ministry in Bucharest have announced. The exercise
\nwill simulate an air attack against a ground objective as well as an operation
\nof recovering a downed aircraft. According to the Defence Ministry, all the
\nmeasures imposed in order to limit the coronavirus outbreak have been strictly
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PAY CUTS The Romanian government is expected to decide this week,
\nwhich categories of state employees will be affected by technical unemployment
\nmeasures the government intends to impose during the state of emergency.
\nAccording to a scenario mentioned by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, some state
\nemployees will be paid only 75% of their salaries. The government is also
\nexpected to be reassessing the first budget adjustment this year. The
\nMinistries of Health and Labour will be the first to benefit from more funds due
\nto the Coronavirus pandemic. More money will be channeled towards medical
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EASTER Orthodox Christians, who are a majority in Romania, and
\nGreek-Catholics are in the Holy Week during which they mark the last days in
\nthe life of their Lord Jesus Christ. Due to quarantine measures, believers will
\nbe watching religious services broadcast live while staying at home. Catholics
\nand protestants yesterday spent Easter with empty churches and religious
\nservices broadcast by various TV or online channels. Visits to relatives and
\nfriends were banned. In his traditional Easter message from the Vatican, Pope
\nFrancis said there is no time now for indiference, divisions and negligence. <\/p>\n
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PANDEMIC According to the latest toll,
\nover 1.85 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide.
\nNearly 115 thousand of them died while 430 thousand have been cured. The USA
\nranks first with 550 thousand people infected and 22 thousand deaths. The most
\naffected is the state of New York, which registered 37 hundred new cases on
\nSunday night reaching a total of 188 thousand. In Europe, some of the countries
\nmost affected by the pandemic, like Spain and Italy are renouncing some
\nquarantine measures after the number of infections started to decrease. The
\ngovernments in Rome and Madrid are taking measures to gradually revitalize
\ntheir economies. Spain decided to resume activities in some manufacturing
\nindustries and in construction while the Italian authorities will allow the
\nresumption of some businesses. Several strict measures will still be in place
\nwith some companies to limit the number of infections, while the authorities
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