{"id":104479,"date":"2020-07-26T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/26-july-2020-update-104479.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:44:38","slug":"26-july-2020-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/26-july-2020-update-id104479.html","title":{"rendered":"26 July 2020, UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Coronavirus
\nRomania.<\/strong> The number of coronavirus cases in Romania hits 44,798, with more than 1,000 new cases for the
\nfifth day in a row. More than 25,600 people
\nhave recovered and over 6,600 are in hospital, including 351 in intensive care.
\n22 new deaths were reported on Sunday, taking the death toll to 2,187. The town of Faget
\nand three nearby villages in Timis county, in western part of Romania, are
\nin lockdown for 14 days beginning on Sunday evening. Faget, where 47 cases were
\nconfirmed, is the third locality in Romania to go into lockdown after Cartojani
\nin Giurgiu county and Gornet in Prahova county, in the south. In another move,
\nRomanians will no longer be able to travel to Cyprus for tourism, and if they
\ntravel for different purposes, they will be ordered to isolate for 14 days. It
\nis now also obligatory to produce a negative Covid-19 test for travellers
\narriving in Greece from Romania by plane, not just for those arriving by road.
\nThe test must have been conducted no more than 72 hours prior. Travellers who
\nhave not had time to do the test before the new measure was introduced will be
\ntested at the airport in Greece on Tuesday and Wednesday. New entry conditions
\nare also in place for travellers arriving in Austria from Romania. A negative
\nCovid-19 test must now be produced that was conducted 72 hours prior instead of
\n4 days prior, and the isolation period has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.
\nThese measures will remain in place at least until the end of September. Italy
\nhas also changed the rules for travellers from Romania and Bulgaria, who are
\nnow ordered to isolate for 14 days on arriving in Italy.<\/p>\n

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List.<\/strong> The National Committee for Emergency Situations has updated the
\nlist of countries and regions with a high epidemiological risk valid as of
\nSunday midnight. All travellers from these countries will be ordered to isolate
\nfor 14 days at home, at another location of their choosing or in a
\ngovernment-run facility. The list features 44 countries, including Argentina,
\nBrazil, Israel, Luxemburg, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, North
\nMacedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Hertegovina, Serbia, Russia and the United States.
\nThe list was last updated on 7th July.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Coronavirus world.<\/strong> New records are being reached
\naround the world in terms of the number of infections with the novel
\ncoronavirus. Statistical figures show that more than a third of all cases were
\nreported since 1st of July, in less than a month. The United States
\nis the worst hit in terms of the death toll, and Mexico is also seeing a spike
\nin new infections. South Korea, a country held as an example for it kept the
\npandemic in check, has announced more than 100 new infections. European nations
\nare also faced with a massive rise in the number of new infections, being
\ncaught between containing the new outbreaks and restarting their economies. A
\nspike in cases in Spain has led to new measures amid fears of a second wave. Germany
\nhas also reached a record number of infections in the last two months. Europe’s
\nworst hit countries are the UK, with 45,000 deaths, Italy with 35,000 and
\nFrance with 30,000. <\/p>\n

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Tennis. <\/strong>World no. 2 Simona Halep has
\npulled out of the WTA tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy, the first in the
\nwomen’s game to take place since the coronavirus outbreak. Organisers say Halep
\ndecided to withdraw after Italy decided to quarantine all travellers from Romania
\nand Bulgaria, which have seen a surge in the number of coronavirus cases. The tournament
\non Palermo is held on clay between the 3rd and 9th
\nAugust. Halep last played against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in February, in
\nthe final of the Dubai tournament, which she won. The director of the Palermo
\ncompetition Oliveiro Palma said he was sad and disappointed with Halep’s
\ndecision. <\/p>\n

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Film.<\/strong> Romanian Cristi
\nPuiu, German director Christian Petzold, the French actor Ludivine Sagnier, the
\nItalian writer Nicola Lagioia, the British director Joanna Hogg and the
\nAustrian director Veronika Franz are part of the jury of the 77th
\nVenice Film Festival held between 2nd and 22nd September.
\nThe Australian actor Cate Blanchett is the president of the jury. A leading
\nfigure of the Romanian New Wave, 53-year-old Cristi Puiu made his debut in
\n2001. His second feature film, the black comedy The Death of Mr Lazarescu<\/em> from
\n2005 had immense success and won the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Festival. This year at the Berlin Festival, Puiu won best director award in the Encounters sidebar with Malmkrog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Weather. <\/strong>A bad weather alert is in place in
\nRomania for most of the country from Sunday evening till Monday evening. Torrential
\nrain, thunderstorms, wind and hail storms are expected, first in the west and
\nnorth-west and then in the north, centre and the hilly and mountainous regions.
\nThe amount of precipitation is expected to pass 25 litres per square metre and
\neven reach 50 in some areas. In the
\nsouth and south-east, the weather remains hot and the humidity and heat ratio
\nis forecast to go beyond the critical threshold of 80. (CM)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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