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MEASURES A new series of measures aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic are coming into effect in Romania as of today. The new measures include a weekend night curfew starting at 20 hours in regions with an infection rate that exceeds four per thousand. In these regions shops are to close down at 18 hours while in areas with an infection rate over 7.5 per thousand, restrictions will be in force during the entire week. According to the latest data published by the authorities, over 44 hundred new infections have been reported in Romania in the past 24 hours most of them in Bucharest. A year on from the onset of the pandemic, 930 thousand infections have been reported in Romania with a death toll over 23 thousand. The number of Romanians who got at least a dose of the anti-Covid vaccine has exceeded 1,900,000. Half of them have also been given the booster dose.
HOLIDAY Catholic believers are today celebrating Palm Sunday marking our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where people welcomed him with palm branches. This year in Italy, a country, which imposed some of the most severe anti-Covid measures, religious services, including at the Vatican, will be attended by a smaller number of believers. Palm Sunday also marks the beginning of the Passion Week, when Christians are getting ready to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. According to Radio Romania correspondent in Rome, this Passion Week is almost similar to that last year when Pope Francis prayed alone in San Pietro square. This year, Catholic believers are celebrating Easter on April 4th whereas the Orthodox, who are a majority in Romania will mark the resurrection of Christ on May 2nd.
DST Daylight Saving Time began in Romania last night when clocks were set one hour forward and the difference between the local time and GMT became of three hours. DST was first introduced in Romania back in 1932 but this might be the last hour change as the European Parliament in 2019 voted in favour of scrapping this measure inside the EU. Each member state is to decide whether to keep implementing the DST or not. Countries willing to keep the summer hour made the change last night, whereas those preferring the winter hour are to make the final change in the last Sunday of October.
FOOTBALL Romania's national football side are today playing their second game in the World Cup 2022 preliminaries against Germany. Our footballers on Thursday clinched 3-2 home win against North Macedonia and are to take on Armenia in an away game on the last day of March. Romania's group also includes Iceland and Lichtenstein and the first side in the ranking qualifies for the final tournament. Sides on the second position are to play tie matches. On Saturday night, Romania's under-21 side secured a 2-1 win against Hungary in Budapest, in a game counting towards the Group A of the European Under-21 Championship. On Wednesday Romania ended in a one-all draw their game against the strong side of the Netherlands and will be up against Germany on March 30th. The first two sides in the group will qualify for the final tournament due over May 31st and June 6th.
TENNIS Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau and Marcelo Arevalo of Salvador have qualified for the round of 16 of the Miami Open ATP Masters 1000, a competition with over three million dollars in prize money. The two secured a 6-4, 6-3 win against Henri Kontinen of Finland and Edouard Roger Vasselin of France. This new pair will be up against top-seeded Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the eighth finals.
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