Covid-19 update.<\/strong> In Romania, children are driving the
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Parliament.<\/strong> Romania’s two-chamber Parliament this week begins a new
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Census.<\/strong> The government is meeting today to establish the conditions for
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Tennis. <\/strong>Romanian
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\ntransmission of the novel coronavirus, with new cases rising exponentially from
\none day to the next. In the last seven days, infections among children rose by
\nalmost a half compared with the previous week. This situation is also reflected
\nin the number of new hospital admissions, with almost 800 minors now in
\nhospital. A total of over 20,000 new cases and 41 deaths were reported on
\nMonday. Health minister Alexandru Rafila warns
\nof a further rise in cases, with daily infections to pass 40,000. He expects
\nthe already dominant Omicron variant to fully replace Delta in Romania in about
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\nsession with an emergency discussion of the reduction in energy bills. Senators
\nand deputies are expected to pass an emergency order issued recently by the
\ngovernment on a new compensation and capping scheme. Another priority for
\nParliament is the dismantling of the special department to investigate
\nmagistrates. Another bill, which was already rejected by the Senate but is still
\nunder debate in the Chamber of Deputies, is about making the use of the Covid green
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\nand prisons trade unions are planning a large-scale protest on Wednesday, with
\n5,000 participants, outside the government and Parliament headquarters. They
\nare demanding a rise in pay. The media say the situation may become tense,
\nafter trade union leaders said the Senate speaker and the Liberal leader Florin C\u00ee\u0163u promised them that government will discuss their
\ndemands in its regular Tuesday meeting and adopt a decision in that respect. <\/p>\n
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\na new population and housing census postponed last year because of the
\npandemic. The government is expected to approve three bills regulating the
\norganisation of the census, including from a financial point of view. The new
\ncensus is to take place in February and March. As a first, citizens will be
\nable to take part directly in the process by mid-May, through self-census.
\nEmployees using this procedure will be granted one day of paid leave. <\/p>\n
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\nno. one Simona Halep drops to no. 23 in the tennis world ranking. Sorana C\u00eerstea,
\nwho had a great run at the Australian Open, went up to no. 32, Irina Begu
\nclimbs 8 places to no. 56, while Jaqueline Cristian and Gabriela Ruse climb 11
\nplaces to 58 and 61, respectively. Ana Bogdan, who won an ITF title in France
\non Sunday, is close to returning to top 100, currently being at 101. In the
\ndoubles ranking, Raluca Olaru went up to no. 30, the highest position in her
\ncareer. Monica Niculescu climbs to 31, with four other Romanian players in the doubles
\ntop 100: Irina Begu (55), Irina Bara (81), Gabriela Ruse (98) and Andreea Mitu
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