Covid-19 Romania.<\/strong> Coronavirus cases continue to drop in Romania, where some
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Volleyball.<\/strong> The Romanian men’s volleyball side are
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\n1,300 new cases were recorded on Saturday. 104 new related fatalities were also
\nreported, with the death toll nearing 29,000. To date, over 2 million Romanians
\nare fully vaccinated. Activities aimed at boosting immunisation are held across
\nthe country. A drive-through vaccination centre where no previous appointment
\nis required opened this weekend in Ia\u015fi, in the north-east. Military hospitals
\nalso begin administering the Covid vaccine to the general population. Two
\nvaccination marathons are under way in Bucharest at two different locations,
\ninvolving some 1,200 volunteers, including doctors, nurses and medical students
\nand which are staying open round the clock until Monday morning. Prime minister
\nFlorin C\u00ee\u0163u said such initiatives to speed up mass immunisation will take
\nRomania one step closer to a return to normalcy from 1st June. <\/p>\n
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\napproves bill on lifting a number of daily restrictions for millions of fully
\nvaccinated people or who have recovered from the coronavirus. The new
\nregulations will apply from Sunday. The federal justice minister Christine Lambrecht said fully vaccinated people and those who have
\nrecovered from the virus will no longer have to present a negative Covid test
\nwhen entering shops or hair dressers. In India, on the other hand, the daily death
\ntoll passed 4,000 for the first time. According to the BBC, experts say that
\nthe number of deaths is in fact much higher and that the second wave will not
\nreach its peak by the end of May. They are warning about an explosion in the
\nnumber of new infections given that the virus is spreading to the rural areas,
\nwhere there is a shortage of public health facilities.<\/p>\n
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\nIohannis is attending the EU-India summit in videoconference format, with talks
\nfocusing on the consolidation of cooperation in efforts to combat the pandemic,
\nthe further development of commercial ties and encouraging cooperation in the
\narea of connectivity. On Friday, the EU heads of state and government meeting
\nfor a social summit in Portugal discussed a ten-year action plan on social
\nrights. The plan aims to eliminate the poverty risk for 15 million people,
\ncreate jobs for at least 78% of the population and provide yearly professional
\ntraining for most workers. The talks were attended by employers, trade unions
\nand representatives of civil society. According to the president of the
\nEuropean Parliament David Sassoli, the summit is fundamental
\nfor shaping the social aspect of the Union’s recovery from the Covid-19
\npandemic based on citizens’ social rights. President Klaus Iohannis called for
\ncoordination at European level to allow people to study and work wherever they
\nchoose in the single market. <\/p>\n
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\nteam of the International Monetary Fund headed by the chief of the IMF mission
\nfor Romania, Jan Kees Martijn, will hold online talks with the Romanian
\nauthorities starting on Monday. For three weeks, the IMF experts will discuss
\neconomic policies and developments with representatives of the Finance
\nMinistry, the National Bank, of other governmental agencies, the business
\nsector and NGOs. Romania does not have, at present, a financing agreement with
\nthe IMF, but the latter is annually assessing the evolution of the Romanian
\neconomy.<\/p>\n
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\naction today at the Rome tennis tournament. Irina Begu is facing Germany’s Andrea
\nPetkovic and Patricia Tig is playing China’s Yafan Wang. Simona Halep is also
\nin competition in Rome, seeking to defend last year’s title. <\/p>\n
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\ntoday playing Swizerland in a qualifying tournament in Nitra ahead of the 2021
\nMen’s European Volleyball Champions. They lost to Slovakia on Friday and
\nearlier defeated Albania. The second qualifying tournament is due next weekend
\nin Ploie\u015fti, in southern Romania. Qualifying
\nmatches were initially scheduled for last summer but because of the
\ncoronavirus pandemic, they were first postponed
\nand then grouped into two tournaments. The winners of the seven preliminary
\ngroups and five of the best second-ranked sides will qualify for the
\nchampionship, which will be hosted jointly by four countries, Poland, the Czech
\nRepublic, Estonia and Finland between 1st and 19th
\nSeptember. (CM)<\/p>\n