MEETING – President Klaus Iohannis is today chairing a meeting reviewing the
\neconomic situation in the context of the coronavirus crisis, the Presidency
\nreports. Attending are Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, National Bank Governor
\nMugur Isarescu and Finance Minister Florin Citu. On Thursday, the Government
\nadopted a series of measures to support Romanian businesses with over 100,000
\nemployees, large energy consumers, as well as farmers, by extending the
\ndeadline for filing the single payment form by June 15. Moreover, the
\nGovernment will provide over 2 million people with protection masks. The
\ncategories include pensioners and people with disabilities. Under the
\nnewly-decreed state of alert, the wearing of face masks is mandatory in
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COVID-19 IN ROMANIA – The total number of confirmed infections
\nwith the COVID-19 virus stands at 17.712, of which some 10.800 people have
\nrecovered. 1.159 people have died, while 200 patients are still in intensive
\ncare, the Group for Strategic Communication announced earlier today. The
\nBucharest City Hall has launched an online platform where some 11,000 people
\nliving in Bucharest can sign up for voluntary testing against COVID-19. A
\nsecond testing project will kick off next week and will be addressing 10.500
\npeople. Both are aimed at measuring the spread of the virus in the capital
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COVID-19 IN THE WORLD – Some 5.2 million people around the world
\nhave been infected with the coronavirus, and over 334 thousand have died. Some
\n2 million people have recovered. The United States is the most affected
\ncountry, with nearly 1.6 million confirmed cases and some 95.000 deaths.
\nPresident Donald Trump ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor the coronavirus
\nvictims. The Russian Federation is the second-most affected country in the
\nworld, some 317 thousand infected, followed by Brazil with 310 thousand. Europe
\ncontinues to report the highest number of victims, over 170,000, whereas the
\nupdated death toll could be much bigger. Italy may have a higher number of
\ndeaths than officially reported. The Italian Social Security Institute
\nyesterday announced that an additional 19,000 people could have died in their
\nhomes, without having been tested for COVID-19, compared to the official figure
\nannounced by the Civil Protection, namely 32,000 dead. <\/p>\n
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REPATRIATIONS -
\nThe Foreign Ministry in Bucharest has announced that over May 21-24 seven
\nflights will be set up to European states to bring home Romanian nationals with
\ntemporary stay permits who have been affected by the measures adopted by other
\nstates to prevent the pandemic from spreading. 5 flights will head to Spain,
\none to France and one to Great Britain. Yesterday the Ministry announced 306
\nRomanian nationals and six foreign citizens who worked on cruise ships in North
\nAmerica and the Caribbean have been returned to the country. <\/p>\n
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BORDER – The
\nNadlac border crossing point reported heavy traffic today as well, despite all
\nborder crossing points having been opened yesterday on the Hungarian border.
\nWait times were close to 90 minutes this morning on both ways, considering
\nthorough checks are being carried out to prevent the COVID-19 virus from
\nspreading. The Hungarian authorities have shut down two border crossing points
\nin Satu Mare County. The decision follows Thursday’s announcement by the
\nRomanian Border Police, according to which Romanian citizens can now use a
\nnumber of crossing points, including the two in question. The Satu Mare Border
\nPolice says the two points are open only to freight traffic, commuters,
\nstudents and medical emergencies. <\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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