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\nCOVID-19 infection were reported on Thursday in Romania after some 35,000 tests
\nwere run across the country, the Strategic Communication Group announced.
\nAnother 138 related fatalities and 1,295 people in intensive care were also
\nreported. Over 1,050,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the
\nstart of the pandemic and 27,971 people have died to the virus. The infection
\nrate continues to exceed 3 per one thousand inhabitants in the capital city
\nBucharest and in Ilfov and Cluj counties, although the numbers are dropping
\nsteadily. On the other hand, the Government’s special committee in charge of
\ndeveloping relaxation measures starting June 1 convened again to highlight the
\nneed for adapting measures to the specificity of each field of activity.
\nRepresentatives of line associations made clear proposals for the organization
\nof cultural events with the observance of safety regulations. The committee
\nalso discussed the gradual reopening of hotels and restaurants as more and more
\npeople get vaccinated. All proposals will be analyzed by working groups that
\nwill address each specific field. Meanwhile, the authorities are accelerating
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\nmini-holiday, which this year coincides with the Orthodox Easter holiday, Prime
\nMinister Florin C\u00ee\u0163u calls on the population to keep observing anti-coronavirus
\nsanitary rules, even if Romania is now on a descending slope of the third wave
\nof the pandemic. He has urged the prefects and the police to take all measures
\nto ensure compliance with the health rules in place. In the Romanian resorts on
\nthe Black Sea, over 30 thousand tourists are expected during the mini-holiday
\nof May 1 and Easter. About 100 hotels will be opened, many of them already
\noccupied at 70% capacity, the maximum allowed by the authorities. Tourists are
\nnot allowed to party on the beach, and wearing a mask is mandatory.<\/p>\n
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\ncommunity is rallying to support India, a week after that country was hit hard
\nby the COVID-19 pandemic, with daily record-high numbers of infections and
\nfatalities and a health system under pressure. The biggest concern is the
\nso-called Indian strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which spreads rapidly and
\ncould be even more contagious and vaccine and treatment resistant than other
\nstrains, the WHO has warned. With a population of nearly 1.4 billion people,
\nIndia has reported 200 thousand deaths and over 18 million infections since the
\nstart of the outbreak. Some experts believe numbers could be even higher. Great
\nBritain has sent oxygen concentrators and other medical equipment, while the
\nUnited States will be shipping 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
\nRomania has joined this international effort and delivered 200 oxygen
\nconcentrators via a Romanian Air Force Spartan aircraft.<\/p>\n
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\neconomic crisis or corruption more than the COVID-19 pandemic or the outbreak
\nof an armed conflict. It’s one of the findings of the Security Survey published
\nby the Romanian Academy’s Center for Sociological Research. According to the
\nsurvey, 43% of the respondents believe Romania has been a safe country after
\nits NATO accession, while 37% said they felt safe during the communist period.
\nAs regards public confidence in state institutions, 72% of Romanians put their
\ntrust in the Army, followed by the Church with a 57% share and the Foreign
\nMinistry with 50%.<\/p>\n
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\nwithdraw its forces from Afghanistan in coordination with other NATO members,
\nstarting Saturday, May 1. All 615 soldiers and over 80 tons of materials and
\nlogistics elements will be extracted with national and coalition military
\naircraft – the Presidential Administration in Bucharest has announced. The
\nwithdrawal will be carried out in stages and will take place over the next few
\nmonths. In the anti-terrorist mission in Afghanistan, inaugurated shortly after
\nthe attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, when Bucharest was not
\nyet a NATO member, 27 Romanian soldiers fell on duty.<\/p>\n
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\ncenter-right ruling coalition in Bucharest have adopted the National Recovery
\nand Resilience Plan worth 29 billion Euro. The plan will be presented in
\nBrussels starting May 10, when the final negotiations with European Commission
\nrepresentatives are due to take place. Prime Minister Florin C\u00ee\u0163u said none of
\nthe proposed projects will be discarded. In turn, Minister for Investment and
\nEuropean Projects, Cristian Ghinea, said funding for certain investment has
\nbeen reduced, while budget appropriations have been readjusted to reflect the
\nCommission’s recommendations.<\/p>\n
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\nstood at 5.5% in March, down by 0.2% compared to February, according to a National
\nStatistics Institute report. The number of unemployed aged 15-74 stood at 464
\nthousand in March, compared to 478 thousand the previous month. Broken down in
\nterms of gender, unemployed men account for 5.7%, compared to 5.2% for women.
\nThe number of unemployed aged 24-74 account for 75.1% of the estimated number
\nof unemployed in March.<\/p>\n
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\nreturn to the international stage, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
\neconomic recovery plan, as well as firm warnings against Russia and China, were
\nsome of the highlights of US president Joe Biden’s first address to the joint
\nsession of Congress. Now, after just 100 days, I can report to the
\nnation: America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility. Crisis
\ninto opportunity. Setback into strength, the White House leader said.
\nAccording to Radio Romania’s correspondent in Washington, Joe Biden also
\naddressed a message to Russian president Vladimir Putin, insisting that
\nRussia’s actions will have consequences. <\/p>\n