COVID-19 IN
\nROMANIA – 3,883 new COVID-19 infections have been reported in the last 24 hours
\nin Romania, the Group for Strategic Communication announced on Tuesday. 193
\nrelated fatalities have also been confirmed during the interval. 13,661 people infected
\nwith SARS-CoV-2 are currently hospitalized, 1,530 of whom are in intensive
\ncare. Since the start of the pandemic over a million infections have been
\nreported in Romania, 90% of the people who got infected having recovered. Over
\n1.5 million Romanians have already taken both doses of the anti-COVID vaccine. <\/p>\n
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COVID-19 IN THE
\nWORLD – The total number of COVID-19 infections has exceeded 137 million people
\nworldwide, 110 million people have recovered and 3 million people have died,
\nthe latest worldometers.info update reveals. Over a third of the victims have
\nbeen reported in Europe, where the death toll has exceeded 1 million people,
\nmaking it the continent with the largest number of COVID-related fatalities,
\nahead of Latin America and the Caribbean, the United States and Canada, the
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INVESTIGATION
\n– Romanian authorities have launched an investigation at the Victor Babe\u015f
\nInfectious Disease Hospital in Bucharest, where three patients suffering from
\nCOVID-19 died on Monday. The head of the Department for Emergency Situations,
\nRaed Arafat, said the patients died after a malfunction was reported in the
\noxygen supply system of the mobile unit where they were treated. Another five
\npatients who survived have been transferred to other hospitals. Raed Arafat
\nsaid some 155 patients needed oxygen on Monday in emergency units in hospitals.
\nThere are over 1,500 people currently in intensive care across the country. <\/p>\n
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INFLATION -
\nThe annual inflation rate in Romania has dropped to 3.1% in March, from 3.2% in
\nFebruary, the National Statistics Institute reports. Price hikes were reported
\nfor non-food products, 4.37%, foodstuffs, 1.59% and services, 2.21%. The
\nNational Bank of Romania estimates an inflation rate of 2% at the end of the
\nfirst quarter of the year and 2.5% for the end of the year. <\/p>\n
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UNESCO – A panel
\ndiscussion entitled Romania’s UNESCO world heritage – challenges and
\nsolutions is today hosted by the Romanian Parliament, an event marking 65
\nyears since Romania joined UNESCO. The attendance list includes the speakers of
\nthe two chambers of Parliament, representatives of the Romanian Academy and the
\nRomanian Cultural Institute, of the National Heritage Institute and the
\nRomanian UNESCO National Commission. The UNESCO World Heritage list also
\nincludes a number of cultural sites from Romania, such as churches in Moldavia,
\nHorezu monastery, fortified churches in Transylvania, Dacian citadels in Or\u0103\u0219tiei Mountains, the Sighi\u0219oara
\nHistorical Center, wooden churches in Maramure\u0219, as well as natural sites – the
\nDanube Delta, old-growth birch forests in the Carpathian mountains. <\/p>\n
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POVERTY – Over
\na third of Romanian parents in vulnerable communities in the rural area can fully
\nor partially provide meals for their families, according to a survey conducted
\nin poverty-stricken communities in 2020 by World Vision Romania, an
\norganization conducting emergency humanitarian programmes, with a focus on
\nchildren welfare. According to the source, 41% of respondents were forced to
\ncut back on family spending, one of the main reasons being that over a quarter
\nof parents in the rural area were left without a job and, by extension, without
\na source of income, also forced with the impossibility of finding employment
\ndue to pandemic-related restrictions. 1 in 10 children in rural areas goes to
\nsleep on an empty stomach almost every day, the World Vision Romania survey
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