{"id":104959,"date":"2021-03-08T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/march-8-2021-104959.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:50:57","slug":"march-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/march-8-2021-id104959.html","title":{"rendered":"March 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><strong class=cms-bold>COVID-19<\/strong> Romania&#8217;s PM Florin C\u00ee\u0163u announced he asked the&#13;<br \/>\ncoordinator of the national vaccination programme Valeriu Gheorghi\u0163\u0103 and the&#13;<br \/>\nhealth minister Vlad Voiculescu to take steps to initiate the 3rd&#13;<br \/>\nvaccination phase sooner than planned, because in March Romania will receive&#13;<br \/>\n2.6 million anti-COVID vaccine doses, which is more than originally estimated.&#13;<br \/>\nThe PM said that where citizens entitled to vaccines in the 1st and&#13;<br \/>\n2nd stages of the programme decline getting the jabs, the respective&#13;<br \/>\ndoses should go to the general public scheduled for immunisation in the 3rd&#13;<br \/>\nphase. So far 1.16 million people have received the vaccine in Romania. On the&#13;<br \/>\nother hand, more than 830,000 infections have been reported in Romania since&#13;<br \/>\nthe start of the pandemic, with the death toll standing at nearly 21,000. <span>Face-to-face classes continue for senior-year middle and&#13;<br \/>\nhigh school students, but in a mixed system, with half of the children&#13;<br \/>\nattending classes online, under a joint order issued by the education and&#13;<br \/>\nhealth ministries. The measure is in place up to a COVID infection rate of 6 per&#13;<br \/>\nthousand<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>POLICE<\/strong> The Romanian interior ministry intends to increase the number of police forces monitoring compliance with the new COVID-19 containment measures introduced as of Monday in Bucharest and in Timi\u015foara (west). The city of Timi\u015foara and several villages in Timi\u015f County are under lockdown as of midnight, as the number of coronavirus cases is on the rise. Bucharest is also subject to new restrictions, such as the closing of restaurants, cafes and bars. These measures add to the ones already in place in other red-code regions in the country, where the COVID-19 infection rate is over 3 per 1,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN<\/strong> Romania ranks first in the EU by number of women holding top corporate posts, according to a release issued by a women-founded business centre, which quotes a Eurostat report. According to these figures, 34% of the total senior executive positions in Romania are held by women. Also, over 500,000 active businesses in Romania have women as shareholders. Across Europe, women account for 37% of managers, 28% of board members and 18% of the senior executives. The European Parliament is celebrating today the International Womens Day, in a plenary session. In a conference on \u201cWomen on the frontline and lessons learned from managing the crisis, women in politics, healthcare and gender equality share personal experiences and good practices with MEPs.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PANDEMIC<\/strong> The European Union begins talks today with the United States of America to secure the supply of US-made materials for anti-COVID vaccines, which are subject to tight export controls. The point is to coordinate efforts so as to avoid bottlenecks, AFP reports, quoting EU sources. These components include bags fitted to the manufacturers vats, as well as vials, syringes and so-called \u201cnanolipid particles used to encapsulate some messenger RNA vaccines. Meanwhile, Hungary introduces new containment measures on Monday, with most shops closed for 2 weeks. The UK on the other hand is beginning to lift restrictions, and millions of children are returning to schools after a 2-month break. In turn, Israel is returning to normal. Some restrictions were lifted on Sunday, 15 days ahead of national elections, and Israelis can now go to cafes, restaurants and schools. Worldwide, according to <em>worldometers<\/em> updates<em>,<\/em> nearly 117.4 million people have caught the virus, of whom 93 million have recovered and 2.6 million died since the start of the pandemic a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FILM <\/strong><em>Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn,<\/em> the most recent film of Romanian director Radu Jude, won the Golden Bear at the 71st edition of Berlin International Film Festival &#8211; Berlinale, held online. The film looks into the relations between the individual and society when the leaked sex video of a school teacher goes viral on the Internet, turning her life upside down.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TENNIS<\/strong> Several Romanian athletes are playing today in the main draw on the Dubai tennis tournament, which has over 1.84 million US dollars in prize money. The first Romanian in the competition, Ana Bogdan (100 WTA) lost to Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, (20 WTA), in 2 sets. Sorana C\u00eerstea (67 WTA) takes on the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (142 WTA), Irina Begu (72 WA) is facing Garbine Muguruza of Spain (16 WTA), and Patricia \u021aig (61 WTA) plays against Latvias Jelena Ostapenko (51 WTA).<em> <\/em>Two Romanians are also taking part in the doubles competition. Last years winner of the Dubai tournament, the Romanian Simona Halep, 3 WTA, is not taking part in the competition this year. (<em>tr. A.M. 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