DIPLOMACY The head
\nof the Romanian diplomacy Bogdan Aurescu on Monday participated in the online
\nmeeting of the EU Foreign Ministers. High on the agenda were the situations in
\nGeorgia and Belarus, the Navalny case, the EU-India relations, the situation in
\nMyanmar, the Iranian nuclear file, the situation in Mozambique and the
\nPost-Cotonou Agreement. Talks also focused on the latest developments in
\nEthiopia and Ukraine. Ministers hailed the conclusions over the southern
\nvicinity, an EU cooperation strategy for the India-Pacific region and the EU
\nintegrated strategy for Sahel. Minister Aurescu highlighted the importance of
\nthe EU’s consistent and sustained support for Ukraine’s efforts as essential
\nfor consolidating the rule of law and democracy. He has also voiced concern for
\nthe Russian deployment of troops and military gear in Crimea, at Ukraine’s
\neastern border, reiterating Romania’s stand for supporting Ukraine’s
\nterritorial integrity and sovereignty. The Romanian official also reiterated
\nthe need for a more active EU involvement in settling the long-lasting
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COVID-10 Over 1,768 new SARS-CoV-2 infections have been reported in
\nRomania in the past 24 hours, out of roughly 12 thousand tests carried out, the
\nGroup for Strategic Communication has announced. 149 people have died bringing
\nthe death toll up to 26,500. More than one million people have been infected in
\nRomania since the beginning of the pandemic and over 90% of them have cured. Over
\nhalf a million doses of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine arrived in Romania on Monday, adding
\nto the nearly four million Romania has so far received from the US-German
\ncompany. Since the vaccine rollout kicked off in Romania in late December, over
\n2.6 million people have been immunized, out of which 1.6 million has got the
\nbooster dose. Romania is presently using the vaccines authorised by the
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TENNIS The WTA ranking has remained unchanged since last week.
\nAustralian Ashleigh Barty ranks first, followed by Naomi Osaka and Romanian
\nSimona Halep. Romania boasts four players in top 100. One of these is Patricia
\nTig, who went down a notch since last week and is presently ranking 64th.
\nSorana Cirstea is 67th and Irina Begu comes 75th. In the
\ndoubles ranking, Raluca Olaru went down a place and is currently ranking 43rd
\nwhile Monica Niculescu is on the 55th position. <\/p>\n
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PANDEMIC
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\nCOVID-19 infections worldwide is now over 142 million, with 120 million
\npatients recovered and 3 million dead, according to the latest worldometers.info
\nupdates. As of today, in Italy, only 3 out of 20 provinces remain in the red
\nzone, with the toughest restrictions. The others are included in the orange
\nzone, but many will be rated as yellow zone as of next week, allowing the
\nreopening of restaurants and resuming travels from one region to another. As of
\ntoday, 7 million children in Italy return to schools after over a year of
\nabsence. Meanwhile, UK reports decreases both in terms of COVID-related deaths
\nand in terms of infections, and the number of people getting vaccines every 24
\nhours has reached 600,000. In Israel, mass vaccination led to the almost
\ncomplete reopening of the economy. The infection rate has been staying very low
\nfor over a week. Israeli citizens are no longer bound to wear face covering
\noutdoor, and school activities are back to normal. Across the ocean, over half
\nof the total number of adults in the US have received at least a first dose of anti-COVID
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