COVID-19 2,079 new Covid infections were reported in Romania in the past
\n24 hours out of over 40 thousand tests, the Strategic Communication Group
\nannounced on Wednesday. 28 people have died from Covid-related issues while 470
\npatients, including 8 children, are presently in ICUs. According to the
\nNational Institute of Public Health, over 80% of the Covid-19 infections
\nreported last week were among unvaccinated people. 93% of the deceased were
\nalso among the unvaccinated and 5% among those who got only the first jab. A
\nthird dose is to become available in Romania in October after the authorities
\nhere will have got recommendation from the European Medicines Agency, Valeriu
\nGheorghita, the army physician in charge of Romania’s vaccine rollout, has
\nsaid. The vaccine will be first made available to the vulnerable categories.
\n31% of Romania’s population has been fully vaccinated while 49.4% of the
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\nThe works of the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy continue in Bucharest
\nin hybrid format. The session on Wednesday was dedicated to current security
\nchallenges, and was also attended by Helga Schmid, OSCE Secretary-General who
\nsaid that she witnessed the devastating impact the conflict had upon people in
\neastern Ukraine. The OSCE official added that the organization facilitates the
\npolitical dialogue for the peaceful settling of the crisis. During the talks
\nRomania’s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu had with his Greek counterpart Nikos
\nDendias, the latter said that Romania can count on Greece’s full support in its
\nefforts to join Schengen and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
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\nThe financial rating agency Fitch Ratings warns that the dissolution of the
\nRomanian government coalition might disrupt fiscal consolidation efforts. These
\nare critical for changing the ‘negative’ outlook that is currently associated
\nwith Romania’s ‘BBB minus’ rating. Fitch has repeatedly stated that the
\nevolution of public finances is the main factor influencing Romania’s rating.
\nThe agency reports that the tensions between USR-PLUS, number two in the
\ncoalition, an alliance whose ministers resigned from the government, and the
\nliberal prime minister Florin Citu, leave the executive without a parliamentary
\nmajority. This might further delay the European Commission’s approval of the
\nNational Recovery and Resilience Plan – NRRP, which the Romanian government
\nwill be waiting for until the end of September, Fitch said. The rating agency
\nalso points out that political turmoil is a danger to the fiscal outlook. The
\nexecutive has planned ambitious reforms on revenues and expenditures to reduce
\nthe deficit below 3% of GDP in 2024 from 9.3% in 2020. <\/p>\n
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