Restrictions.<\/strong> Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
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Schools.<\/strong> The spring break for pupils will be
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Vaccination.<\/strong> More than 1.8 million people have received at least one
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Bill. <\/strong>Romanian deputies passed a bill on the
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Football.<\/strong> Romania are playing the Netherlands today in
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Olympic Games.<\/strong> Fencer Ana-Maria Popescu is the 60th Romanian
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\nsaid the authorities do not want to impose a national lockdown and called for
\ncompliance with the restrictions in place and for the acceleration of the mass
\nvaccination. He said a lockdown in Bucharest is also not a solution, despite
\ngrowing infection rates, but called for additional measures, such as
\nrestricting movement at the weekend and reducing opening hours in shopping
\ncentres. The Bucharest public health directorate is considering imposing
\nfurther restrictions in the capital city, such as closing schools and
\nkindergartens, restricting the number of shoppers at one time, changing working
\nhours, banning private events or activities for children an enclosed spaces and
\nclosing playground areas in parks. The authorities say they are not planning
\nimposing a lockdown in Bucharest for the time being despite the high infection
\nrate of over 6 cases per 1,000 inhabitants. Ilfov county, near Bucharest, hit
\nthe mark of 7 cases in every 1,000 people tested, followed by Bucharest and
\nTimis, in the west, with 6, while eight other counties across Romania have
\npassed 3 cases per 1,000 people tested. On Wednesday, Romania saw more than
\n6,100 new Covid infections and 137 related fatalities, as well as a new record
\nnumber of ICU admissions. <\/p>\n
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\nextended from 2nd April to 4th May to include both the
\nCatholic and Orthodox Easter and reduce movement in April, when Covid
\ninfections are expected to see a new peak. Education minister Sorin C\u00eempeanu
\nalso explained that the high school entrance examination will be delayed for 5th-8th
\nJuly, while the written baccalaureate examinations will be held on the
\nsame dates, between 28th June and 1st July. He said
\nschools will also remain open in places with more than 6 cases in every 1,000
\npeople tested and that they would only be closed if the places in question go
\ninto lockdown. <\/p>\n
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\ndose of the Covid vaccine in Romania. The coordinator of the mass vaccination
\ncampaign Valeriu Gheorghi\u0163\u0103 said that from 1st April the vaccine
\nbooking platform will also show the type of vaccine provided by each centre and
\nthat GPs will also be able to give their patients the jab. Also from next
\nmonth, the number of persons receiving the vaccine in each inoculation hub is
\nexpected to increase from 60 to 90 per day. Gheorghi\u0163\u0103 said the booking
\nplatform will also provide an estimated waiting time until vaccination for
\nthose on the waiting lists. Over 775,000 people are now on these lists.
\nTimisoara, in the west, has opened the country’s first vaccination centre to
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\ndismantling of a special department for the investigation of crimes in the
\njudiciary in the version received from the legal committee and which contains a
\nnumber of amendments, including one from the group of ethnic minorities stipulating
\nthat magistrates can only be prosecuted with approval from the Superior Council
\nof Magistrates. The ruling coalition agreed to this new version to get the bill
\nvoted. The Liberal leader Ludovic Organ said dismantling this department was
\nrecommended by the European Commission and must be adopted amid discussions on
\nthe lifting of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The leader of the opposition
\nSocial Democratic Party Marcel Ciolacu said his party would challenge the bill
\nin the Constitutional Court if voted by Parliament. The Senate is the
\ndecision-making body for this particular bill. <\/p>\n
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\ntheir opening match at the European Under-21 Championship hosted by Hungary and
\nSlovenia. They are in a difficult group that also includes European
\nvice-champions Germany and Hungary. Romania, who featured for the second
\nconsecutive time and an overall third at a European youth championship, will be
\nhosting the competition in 2023 together with Georgia. Tomorrow, Romania’s
\nsenior side will be facing North Macedonia in their first match as part of the
\n2022 World Cup qualifiers. They will next play Germany on Sunday at home and
\nArmenia next Wednesday away. Iceland and Liechtenstein
\nare also in their group. The best-ranked side in each group qualify straight to
\nthe World Cup, while the second best-placed sides will go into play-offs. <\/p>\n
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\nathlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing first in the
\nepee world ranking, said the Romanian Fencing Federation and the Romanian
\nOlympic and Sports Committee. These will be her fifth Games, having won a
\nsilver medal in Beijing in 2008 and a gold in Rio in 2016. She also took part
\nin Athens in 2004 and London in 2012. Romanian athletes will be competing in 13
\ndisciplines in Tokyo: swimming, athletics, rowing, football, gymnastics, 3×3
\nbasketball, cycling, wrestling, shooting, canoeing, table tennis, boxing and
\nfencing. Due to take place last year, the Olympic Games were postponed because
\nof the coronavirus pandemic and will be held this summer between 23rd
\nJuly and 8th August. (CM)<\/p>\n