COVID-19 8,268 Covid-19 infections and 483 fatalities have been reported by the
\nauthorities in the past 24 hours in Romania. All ICUs across the country are
\nfunctioning at full capacity and most of the cases have been reported in
\nBucharest where the infection rate is going down under 12 per thousand. Romania
\npresently has 38 Covid patients who are being treated abroad and medical teams
\nfrom several countries have arrived in Romania to provide assistance. On Friday
\nthe country exceeded the threshold of 50 thousand Covid-related fatalities
\nsince the beginning of the pandemic. Romania’s vaccine rollout has slowed down
\nin the past days after having been on the rise for two weeks. Roughly 90
\nthousand people have been vaccinated in the past 24 hours bringing the total
\nnumber of fully vaccinated Romanians to a little below 6.5 million. <\/p>\n
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\nMonday the National Political Bureau of National Liberal Party -
\nPNL will make a decision regarding the negotiations with Save Romania
\nUnion – USR and the Social Democratic Party – PSD, the interim Prime Minister
\nand Liberal leader Florin C\u00ee\u0163u announced on Friday. According to him, at the
\nmeeting with PSD, the option of a rotating prime minister position was
\nsuggested, but they did not talk about portfolios. He said that the talks with
\nUSR, a former governing partner, would continue. On Thursday, Florin C\u00ee\u0163u
\ndeclared after the negotiations with the PSD leader, Marcel Ciolacu, that he
\nfound many things that could bring the two parties together. In his turn,
\nthe Social Democrat’s president said that the two parties are on a correct
\npath, which could lead to the formation of a majority. The PNL and PSD
\nnegotiating teams are trying to find a governing formula, with a solid
\nparliamentary majority, after two attempts to form a minority government failed.
\nOn Thursday evening, President Klaus Iohannis announced that he would call the
\nparties for consultations only when an assumed parliamentary majority is
\nformed. We recall that the minority government made up of the PNL – UDMR headed
\nby Florin Citu was dismissed by a no confidence motion.<\/p>\n
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\nClasses are going to start on November 8 for all students and preschoolers in
\nRomania, both in the state and private education systems, the interim Education
\nMinister, Sorin C\u00eempeanu said in a news conference on Friday. He explained that
\ncourses will be attended physically in the schools where the COVID vaccination
\nrate among teachers is over 60%. One week ago, the minister had announced that
\nmore than half of the schools and kindergartens exceeded this level. Instead,
\nseveral student associations across the country request the opening of schools
\nwith physical attendance only in those localities where the incidence of COVID
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\nA World Health Organization delegation is in Bucharest where they visited
\nseveral hospitals in Romania. Their conclusion is that the situation in
\nhospitals across Romania is dramatic and immediate medical measures are needed
\nto protect vulnerable people, above all. At the same time, vaccination against
\nCOVID-19 is the main solution to prevent new waves of infection. WHO
\nrepresentatives have also met with members of the parliamentary health
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\nhas won silver in the 100 meter backstroke race of the European Short Course
\nSwimming Championship held in Kazan, Russia. The Romanian came second after
\nRussian Kliment Kolesnikov. This has been Glinta’s second medal in the
\ncompetition after that in the 50 meter race. His prize closet includes four
\nEuropean medals in short course competitions in 2017 in Copenhagen and 2019 in
\nGlasgow. Glinta also won gold in the 100 meter backstroke race of the European
\nSwimming Championships held in Budapest this year. <\/p>\n
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