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\nreported in Romania today. The total number of infected people nationwide has exceeded
\n880,000. Most cases were registered in Bucharest, with more than one thousand
\nnew infections in 24 hours. The capital and eight other counties are currently
\nin the red scenario, with over 3 cases per one thousand inhabitants. There are
\n1,286 people in Intensive Care, a new record for the last months. Another 90
\npeople infected with SARS-CoV-2 have died, bringing the death toll to 22,000. The
\nalert state imposed in the pandemic context has been extended in Romania, since
\nMarch 14, by another 30 days. All restrictions imposed so far are still in
\nplace, and in addition, night curfew now starts at 10 pm.<\/p>\n
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\nRomania, the national immunization campaign against COVID 19 continues. Since
\nits start on December 27, over 1.57 million people have been vaccinated, mostly
\nwith Pfizer-BioNTech, but also with Moderna and AstraZeneca. Romania has
\ndecided to continue vaccination with AstraZeneca, based on scientific data and
\nthe recommendations of the European Medicines Agency, the coordinator of the
\nnational immunization campaign, Colonel Valeriu Gheorghi\u0163\u0103, explained. He said
\nthe decision was not easy when many European countries – including Germany,
\nItaly and France – decided to temporarily suspend the use of the vaccine as a
\nprecautionary measure following reports of blood clotting problems in people
\nwho had been given a dose of this vaccine. The third stage of vaccination has
\nstarted this week, addressing the general population. For the time being,
\nvaccinations are taking place in localities where the incidence of COVID-19
\ncases is higher than 4.5 per one thousand inhabitants. The rest of the
\npopulation can subscribe to waiting lists on the electronic platform.<\/p>\n
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\nMedicines Agency (EMA) is to announce today the result of its safety assessment
\nof the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after several European Union
\nmember states suspended the administration of this vaccine for fear of side
\neffects. EMA chief Emer Cooke has already said she is firmly
\nconvinced that the benefits outweigh the risks with this vaccine. On
\nJanuary 29, the EMA gave the green light to this vaccine developed by the
\nBritish-Swedish laboratory AstraZeneca and Oxford University. Last month, the
\nWorld Health Organization authorized the AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use,
\nmaking it easier for developing countries to access this relatively cheap
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\nthe economic recovery is stronger than expected this year, the world will be
\nleft with a ‘hole’ of about 10 trillion dollars due to the coronavirus pandemic
\nand lockdowns, estimates the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
\nestimates in a report quoted by dpa on Thursday. According to UNCTAD, although
\nglobal economy could grow by 4.7% in 2021, it will still register a minus of 10
\ntrillion dollars – about twice Japan’s GDP – compared to the situation in which
\nthe pandemic would not have occurred. . Last year, the global economy was
\nmarked by the sharpest annual decline since the introduction of aggregate economy
\nstatistics in the early 1940s, the report said. UNCTAD warns that while
\ndeveloped economies have launched extensive recovery plans, people in smaller
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\nrecalled its ambassador to the US for consultations after US President Joe
\nBiden made several statements about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The
\nWhite House has a number of grievances that Biden has communicated directly to
\nPutin. These include Moscow’s involvement in the US elections, the massive
\nSolarWinds cyber attack and the alleged rewards to the Taliban for killing US
\nmilitary. According to the Radio Romania correspondent in Washington, the White
\nHouse leader Joe Biden has said in an interview on ABC that Russian President
\nVladimir Putin will pay for interfering in the 2020 presidential election. The
\ninterview was broadcast after the publication of a report by the Information
\nCommunity, which shows that Putin authorized an undercover campaign to
\ndenigrate Joe Biden and help Donald Trump win the election.<\/p>\n
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\nVladimir Golovatiuc, the ambassador to Moscow of the Republic of Moldova
\n(ex-Soviet, predominantly Romanian-speaking), for the position of prime
\nminister, jurnal.md reports. The candidate is proposed by a parliamentary
\nmajority consisting of 53 deputies from the Party of Socialists of the Republic
\nof Moldova and the ‘For Moldova’ platform, which also includes deputies from
\nthe Shor Party. Two days ago, the pro-European president Maia Sandu appointed
\nthe interim leader of the Action and Solidarity Party, Igor Grosu, for the
\nposition of prime minister. PSRM challenged at the Constitutional Court the
\ndecree appointing Igor Grosu.<\/p>\n
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\nRomanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian (22, 160 WTA) achieved the highest
\nperformance of her career, by qualifying for the quarterfinals of the WTA 500
\ntournament in St. Petersburg, with $ 565,530 in prize money. She defeated in
\ntwo sets the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, former winner at Roland Garros, the
\nsixth seed of the competition. In the doubles, the Romanian-Dutch pair Monica
\nNiculescu \/ Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove qualified for the semifinals, after
\nbeating the Japanese Makoto Ninomiya and the Czech Renata Voracova in two sets.
\nIn the semifinals, Monica Niculescu and Pattinama Kerkhove will play against the
\nwinners of the quarter between the main favorites, the Romanian Raluca Olaru
\nand the Ukrainian Nadia Kicenok, and the pair Arina Rodionova (Australia) \/
\nRosalie van der Hoek (Netherlands). (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"