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Coronavirus world.<\/strong> More than 53.1
<\/p>\n Statistics.<\/strong> The GDP dropped by 4.4% in the eurozone and by
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\nof alert.<\/strong> The government has decided to extend the state of alert by a further
\nthirty days as of Saturday. The head of the department for emergency situations
\nRaed Arafat said the sanitary measures introduced earlier remain in place and
\nwill also apply to the parliamentary elections due on 6th December.
\nHe said the health and foreign ministries will issue a joint decree referring
\nspecifically to the voting stations abroad.
\nArafat also said the government was planning to temporarily allow
\nmedical school graduates and residents to practice medicine so that they can
\nwork, under supervision, on wards treating coronavirus patients. More than
\n324,000 coronavirus infections have been recorded so far in Romania. Almost
\n9,500 new cases were reported on Friday. 1,149 people are in intensive care.
\n174 new deaths were recorded, taking the death toll to 8,694. <\/p>\n
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\nThe National Committee for Emergency Situations has updated the list of
\ncountries with a high epidemiological risk. The amber list countries include
\nArmenia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Jordan, Italy,
\nLithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal and Hungary.
\nArrivals from these countries are requested to isolate for 14 days. Travellers
\nto Spain from high-risk regions or countries will be obliged to produce a
\nnegative result to a Covid test, beginning on 23rd November. The
\nRomanian foreign ministry is emphasising that the test must be taken no longer
\nthan 72 hours prior to entering Spanish territory and that the document must be
\nwritten in Spanish or English. The ministry also recalls that all persons
\ntravelling to Spain must fill in a form about their state of health before
\ntravelling.<\/p>\n
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\nmillion people have been infected with coronavirus globally and more than 1.3 million
\nhave died. In many European countries, the situation remains critical and
\ngovernments are taking additional measures. A nigh-time curfew comes into
\neffect today in Greece and Portugal has expanded restrictions to more areas.
\nSlovenia has banned almost all public gatherings, and Hungary is in lockdown
\nfor at least a month. In Italy, three regions in the north are seeing new
\nrestriction beginning today. France has seen a 16% drop in new cases in the last
\n7 days, but the situation ion is sensitive in hospitals, where the second wave
\nis expected to peak next week.<\/p>\n
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\n4.3% in the European Union in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same
\nperiod last year. Spain saw the biggest drop, at 8.7%, while Romania recorded a 6% drop, according to a report by the EU statistical office Eurostat. The
\ndata referring to Romania were supported by the country’s National Institute
\nfor Statistics, which published a report saying the economy shrank by 6% in the
\nthird quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, but it grew
\nby 5.6% compared with the previous quarter. <\/p>\n
\nIn the Republic of Moldova, the election campaign for the second round of
\npresidential elections on Sunday comes to a close today. In the first round of
\nthe election, former pro-European PM Maia Sandu got over 36% of the votes, and
\nthe incumbent pro-Russian Socialist president, Igor Dodon, under 33%. The
\ncandidates favouring the reunification with Romania as well as the pro-European candidates, who left the
\npresidential race in the first round, made public their unconditional support
\nfor Maia Sandu in the second round. The third-placed candidate, the pro-Russian
\npopulist Renato Usatyi, has urged his voters, some 17% of those who voted in
\nthe first round, to vote for the former
\nprime minister. On Tuesday, Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis expressed joy
\nat the news of the vote for the West-leaning candidate and deemed it a vote in
\nfavour of the irreversible democratic evolution of the Republic of Moldova, a
\ncountry that has permanently and unequivocally been supported by Romania.<\/p>\n
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\nto travel to the UK visa-free after 1st January 2021 for a period of
\n6 months, according to the new immigration system made public by the British
\ngovernment. EU citizens can travel to
\nthe United Kingdom for several times during that time span, but they are not
\nallowed to live in the UK, under the multiple entry and extended visa mechanism,
\nnor are they allowed to work or access public funds. Those willing to work,
\nlive or study in the UK must request a visa. This visa will be granted based on
\na system of points, after the applicants submit a visa request, on the website
\nof the British government. Points are
\ngranted in keeping with a set of requirements that applicants should meet. (CM)<\/p>\n