Quarantine.<\/strong> The Romanian Senate is debating
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Economy. <\/strong>The pace of
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Coronavirus toll.<\/strong>
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Travel.<\/strong> Austria bans
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EU. <\/strong>Romanian president
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\na bill regulating the conditions for quarantine and isolation. Prime minister
\nLudovic Orban also plans to attend the debates. After days of negotiations and
\ndelays, the senators in the legal committee eventually passed an amended
\nversion of the bill late last night. The bill says that people who plan to
\nchallenge the quarantine or isolation measure in court will be kept under
\nmedical supervision and that the decision of the court of first instance in
\nthis case is enforceable. Also, asymptomatic people confirmed to carry the
\nCovid-19 virus will be kept under medical supervision in hospital for 48 hours,
\nfollowed by isolation at home or another residential address for a further 14
\ndays. Minors are to be isolated at the home of their family or legal guardians
\nor another address and it’s up to their families to check them into hospital.
\nThe bill also stipulates that the medical staff cannot be posted for more than
\n30 days. The bill was initiated by the government after the Constitutional
\nCourt ruled that isolation at home, quarantine and hospitalisation cannot be
\nimposed based on ministerial order as has been the case so far, even if the
\npersons in question are infected with the novel coronavirus. The Court ruled
\ninstead that the restrictive measures must be based on a law that clearly
\nregulates them. <\/p>\n
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\nworld economic activity begins to pick up again after unprecedented decline
\nthis year caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but a second major wave of
\ninfections could cause further disruption, warned on Thursday the director
\ngeneral of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva. She said the impact
\nof the measures to keep the pandemic in check and limit its economic
\nconsequences led to an increase in the already high level of debt, but that it
\nis too early to start withdrawing the safety nets, as they are still needed.
\nThe fiscal package worth 11,000 billion dollars adopted by the G20 and other
\nstates, as well as the significant injections of liquidities by central banks
\nhave helped stabilise world economy, but the danger is still there, warns Georgieva.
\nLast month, the International Monetary Fund again revised downwards its world
\neconomic forecast for 2020, estimating a 4.9% contraction and a recovery level
\nbelow expectations next year. <\/p>\n
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\nCoronavirus infections pass 35,000 in Romania, with 777 new cases reported
\ntoday. More than 24,000 people have recovered and 1,971 have died. On
\nWednesday, the government extended the state of alert for a further 30 days
\namid a growing number of new infections. Globally, confirmed
\ncoronavirus cases pass 13,4 million, with reported deaths nearing 580,000.
\nBrazil, Mexico and the US have seen the highest number of new deaths, while the
\nUS saw a new record level of new cases. The US is currently the worst hit country
\nin the world, with at least 55,000 new cases a day. Elsewhere, India, Spain,
\nPortugal and Venezuela have reintroduced local restrictions after a spike in
\nthe number of new cases. <\/p>\n
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\ndirect regular flights from Romania and nine other states, such as Bulgaria,
\nthe Republic of Moldova, states in the Western Balkans and Egypt, which are
\nconsidered states with a high coronavirus risk. The Romanian airliner Tarom has
\nalso suspended flights to and from Austria until the end of the month. Certain
\nflights are not subject to the ban, such as flights carrying goods or those
\nconducted for medical reasons or for repatriation of persons and transport of
\ncare staff and seasonal workers. 20
\nEuropean countries, mostly in the EU, have imposed restrictions for travellers
\nfrom Romania. Greece requires a negative Covid-19 test when entering the
\ncountry on road. Since Wednesday, travellers to Hungary from Romania will be
\ntested for Covid-19 when crossing the border.<\/p>\n
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\nKlaus Iohannis is attending a special meeting of the European Council on Friday
\nand Saturday in Brussels. Talks will focus on the EU multinannual budget for
\nthe 2021-2027 period and the European plan for economic recovery. Iohannis is
\nexpected to call for more significant funds for the cohesion policy and the
\ncommon agricultural policy and for additional funds for rural development. <\/p>\n
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