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Christmas. <\/strong>Christmas is being celebrated in the
\nChristian world, including majority-Orthodox Romania, a holiday marking the
\nbirth of Jesus. In these times of pandemic, we must show solidarity and support
\nthose in need, urged the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Daniel
\nin his Christmas message. He said that as it struggles with the novel coronavirus,
\nmankind is going through difficult times, with people’s health and lives in
\ndanger. The patriarch urged people to pray more and show solidarity. At the
\nVatican, the Christmas mass is held amid restrictions, as Italy imposes
\nfour-day red zone measures around the country. For the first time, the
\nChristmas message and the Urbi et Orbi blessing are delivered by the pope from
\nthe Hall of Blessings in the Apostolic Palace instead of from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in front of thousands of faithful.
\nThe Vatican is trying to shield 84-year-old Pope Francis as two cardinals in
\nhis entourage tested positive for
\ncoronavirus in recent days. <\/p>\n

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Vaccine. <\/strong>Romania saw more than 3,800 new coronavirus cases and 111 new related
\ndeaths on Friday. The total number of infections now passes 612,000 and the
\ndeath toll is in excess of 15,000. 1,233 Covid patients are in intensive care. Nearly
\n85% of the people infected since the start of the outbreak have recovered. The first batch of 10,000 dozes of
\nanti-Covid vaccine arrived in Romania today, with the immunisation of
\nthe staff working in Romania’s ten Covid care hospitals to begin on Sunday. The
\nCollege of Physicians has advised the population to agree to vaccination, which
\nit sees as the best solution to fight the virus at the moment. After a meeting
\nwith the pandemic task force, president Klaus Iohannis said no further
\nrestrictions would be introduced for the Christmas holidays and called on
\npeople to respect those in force. Prime minister Florin
\nC\u00ee\u0163u emphasised said this period can be overcome by showing solidarity. <\/p>\n

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Coronavirus world.<\/strong> Globally, there are over 79.8
\nmillion confirmed coronavirus cases and some 1.7 million related fatalities.
\nThe United States hit 19 million cases and its death toll is nearing 340,000. In
\nEurope, many countries have imposed restrictions for the winter holidays.
\nGermany has limited private gatherings to family members until Saturday, and The
\nNetherlands is in lockdown until mid January. Italy has extended harsher
\nred-zone measures to the entire country. In the UK, the discovery of a new
\nvariant of the virus has left the country isolated, with tens of countries
\nclosing their borders to arrivals from the UK. <\/p>\n

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Brexit.<\/strong> EU ambassadors are attending a briefing on Christmas
\nday to start assessing the post-Brexit trade deal agreed by the European Union
\nand the UK. The EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is briefing diplomats on the
\ncontent of the deal reached after months of talks. The most contentious point was the access of EU fishing boats to UK waters. The European
\nCommission president Ursula von der Leyen said this is a fair and balanced
\ndeal, while British prime minister Boris Johnson described it as a good deal
\nfor the whole of Europe. The UK officially left the European Union at the end
\nof January 2020, but remained a member of the EU single market and customs
\nunion until the transition period expired at the end of the year. A no-deal
\nBrexit would have led to high customs duties and other trade barriers with a
\nstrong negative impact on the economy and the distribution networks. (CM)<\/p>\n


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