GOVERNMENT The Social
\nDemocrats and the Liberals are resuming negotiations today on the structure and
\ngoverning programme of the cabinet they intend to form jointly with the
\nDemocratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians.Yesterday the 2 parties agreed to have a cabinet in
\nplace by next Thursday. The National Liberal Party once again nominated the
\ninterim defence minister Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 for the PM post. In turn, the Social
\nDemocrats nominated their president Marcel Ciolacu. He said the order in the
\nprime-minister rotation is yet to be decided, but the party that will have the
\nfirst PM designate will allow the other party to appoint the finance minister.<\/p>\n
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COVID-19 In the past 24 hours Romania saw 2,889 new COVID-19
\ncases and 281 related fatalities, 27 of
\nthem from an earlier date. Intensive care units across the country
\nremain overcrowded, in spite of the drop in infection rates. In the capital city Bucharest the rate reached 4.34 per
\nthousand, as against the 16.54 per thousand peak reported on October 22. According
\nto official data nearly 89,000 people received COVID vaccines on Thursday, of
\nwhom around 24,000 got the first dose. As of recently Romania has more than 7
\nmillion fully vaccinated citizens. <\/p>\n
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TRAVEL The National
\nCommittee on Emergency Situations updated the list of countries and territories
\nby COVID-19 incidence rates. Germany, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria and the UK are now red-list countries,
\nwhile France, Portugal, Monaco, Chile, Lebanon and Guyana were included in the
\nmedium-risk category. The updated list comes into force on November 21, at
\nmidnight.<\/p>\n
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TENNIS The Romanian tennis player Horia Tec\u0103u announced on
\nThursday the end of his professional career at the age of 36. He has won 38
\ndoubles tournaments, including the Wimbledon and the US Open, together with
\nJean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands), and played another 24 finals. He also won the
\nsilver in the Rio Olympics in 2016, teaming up with Florin Mergea (Romania), and
\na mixed doubles final at the Australian Open, with Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US).
\nHoria Tec\u0103u’s last match will be for the Romanian team in the Davis Cup match
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