COVID-19 Authorities in Romania on Wednesday reported 10,196 Covid infections in
\nthe past 24 hours. 451 Romanians have died and over 19 thousand are being
\ntreated in hospitals, 1890 of whom in ICUs. Bucharest has an infection rate of
\n12.89 per thousand and this rate has been going down for the past 12 days from
\nthe peak of 16.54 reached on October 22. According to the authorities, although
\nthe number of infections is on a downward trend, the country’s medical system
\nis to remain under pressure for at least two weeks. The WHO crisis manager for
\nRomania, Heather Papowitz has recommended the authorities to come up with an
\naction plan to put an end to the pandemic with clear elements and goals adding
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GOVERNMENT The National Liberal Party (PNL), number one in the interim government
\nin Bucharest on Wednesday kicked off talks with two parties in an attempt to
\nforge a Parliament majority. After this round of talks with USR, a former
\nruling partner, Liberal president Florin Citu said there are chances to rebuild
\nthe right wing coalition that ruled Romania after the election. He said the
\nlatest round of talks focused on the principles and the programme of ruling. In
\nturn USR leader, Dacian Cilos said that he felt there are opportunities for
\nrebuilding the coalition but that he is waiting for a clear answer from the
\nLiberals. The PNL is going to hold talks with the Social Democrats (PSD) the
\nlargest Parliamentarian group on Thursday, as they are considering the idea of
\njoining the ruling coalition. Talks are underway after the liberal leadership
\nhas opted for a more flexible negotiation process as the Prime Minister
\ndesignate Nicolae Ciuca failed to muster support for a minority PNL-UDMR
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AID The difficult situation hospitals in Romania are presently
\nin has prompted many countries to come to their assistance. On Tuesday, Israel
\nsent in ten oxygen concentrators, the first in a batch of 40. The devices will
\nbe distributed to medical units that treat Covid patients. According to Radio
\nRomania correspondent to Jerusalem, Dragos Ciocarlan, Israel is going to
\ndispatch a team of IC experts for Covid-19 to help the medical personnel in
\nRomania. Romania has also received support consisting of medicines, equipment
\nand medical staff from European countries like the Netherlands, Poland, Italy,
\nDenmark and the Republic of Moldova. Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, who
\nwere in a critical condition, were transferred to medical units in Germany for
\ntreatment. Both Austria and Hungary have taken over patients to be cared for in
\ntheir hospitals. 22 of these have died and 7 have already left hospitals. <\/p>\n
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REACTORS Romania will be the first
\ncountry in the world where the US is going to implement the technology of small
\nmodular nuclear reactors. The Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, and the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, established, on Tuesday evening, at the climate
\nsummit in Scotland that, by 2028, Romania should include this type of reactors
\nin the national energy production system. A White House statement writes that
\nthis collaboration will create up to 30,000 jobs in the two countries.
\nPresident Iohannis underlined that this type of cooperation on several levels -
\ndevelopment of technologies, production, services – must be extended to other
\nareas as well. He also pointed out that this close collaboration in the field
\nof climate change will add to the successful cooperation between Romania and
\nthe US in many other sectors and will contribute to the consolidation of the
\nStrategic Bilateral Partnership.<\/p>\n
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