August 28, 2022 UPDATE

august 28, 2022 update A roundup of domestic and international news

WAR IN UKRAINE - The fires at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine occupied by the Russian invasion forces fuel fears of a major nuclear disaster. International experts are still waiting on the military forces on the ground to allow them to visit the plant, whereas the Russians and the Ukrainians accuse each other of launching artillery fire that might destroy the nuclear installations. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Oleksandr Starukh, has urged the locals to take iodine pills in the event of a radiation leak. 10 shells allegedly went off close to an installation storing spent nuclear fuel and another 3 near a building that houses fresh nuclear fuel. On the other hand, radiation levels remain within normal limits.



REFUGEES - The Border Police General Inspectorate announced that some 538 thousand people, both Romanian and foreign nationals, entered or left Romania on Saturday using some 142 thousand transport vehicles. Some 14 thousand Ukrainian citizens entered Romania on Saturday, up by 7.60% compared to the previous day. Some 2.1 million Ukrainian citizens have entered Romania starting February 10, two weeks before the start of the war in this country.



COVID-19 - 1,403 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were reported in the last 24 hours in Romania, 1,315 less compared to the previous day, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. Since the start of the pandemic nearly three years ago, some 3.2 million people got infected. 260 patients are currently treated in ICUs, of whom 212 have not taken the vaccine. In the last 24 hours, six COVID patients have died. Since the start of the pandemic, some 66 thousand people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died.



CRASHES - A light aircraft crashed on Sunday morning in Colibița lake in northwestern Romania, carrying two people onboard, the Bistriţa-Năsăud County Inspectorate for Emergency Situations announced. The pilot, a 65-year-old man, died, while the passenger, a 45-year-old German national, suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital for further medical investigations. On Saturday, prosecutors with the Bucharest Court of Appeal opened an investigation into the plane crash in Letca Veche, Giurgiu County in southern Romania, which killed two people, a 54-year-old man who was piloting a small plane and a 27-year-old woman, his relative. Their bodies were found carbonized by first responders. The man had a vast piloting experience and seems to have attempted to crash-land the plane. According to eye-witness reports, the plane had caught fire before crashing. The cause of the crash might be a technical problem with the aircraft's engine.



WATER RESERVE - Romania's water reserve dropped at the start of this week, although urban areas reported plentiful supplies. According to the Water Management Authority, reservoirs receded from 80% in July to 70% at present. In nearly 700 settlements, local authorities have introduced water supply restrictions. The prolonged drought has destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland.



ROWING - Romanian athlete Cătălin Chirilă scooped bronze in the 500m single canoe race at the World Supercup in Oklahoma, the USA. The medal is the latest achievement in what has been an excellent season for Chirilă, who won gold in the 1000m event and silver in the 500m event at the World Championships in Halifax, Canda, as well as gold in the 1000m race and bronze in the 500m race at the European Championships in Munich, Germany.



POLO - The Romanian women's polo team on Sunday lost 24-3 to Greece in Group A at the European Polo Championships underway in Split, Croatia. In the first match on Saturday, Romania lost to Germany 10-15. Romania was drawn in a group alongside the Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, Greece and Germany. This is the first presence for the Romanian women's team at a European Polo Championship.



TENNIS - Romanian tennis player Simona Halep is seeded 7th in the women's singles at the US Open and on Monday will take on Daria Snigur of Ukraine (WTA 125), who reached the main draw after playing the preliminary rounds. A former world no. 1, Halep last year reached the round of 16 at the US Open, while her best performance in this competition was the 2015 semi-final. Irina Begu, WTA no. 34, will take on Elise Mertens of Belgium (WTA 32) in the opening round. Mertens leads 3-0 head-to-head. Sorana Cîrstea, (WTA 38) will play Laura Siegemund of Germany (216 WTA). Each player has previously won a match against their opponent. Gabriela Ruse (102 WTA) will have a complicated match against Daria Saville of Australia (WTA 73). Finally, Jaqueline Cristian will return to the tennis court after a long absence owing to a serious injury and will go up against the competition's second seed, Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. Another three Romanian tennis players, Ana Bogdan, Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik and Gabriela Lee were knocked out in the preliminaries. (VP)



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