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  • January 9, 2021 UPDATE

    January 9, 2021 UPDATE

    DECISION The government in Bucharest is expected to pass an emergency
    ordinance to grant additional money to the medical personnel involved in the
    anti-Covid National Vaccination Campaign. Under the draft, physicians are to
    receive 20 Euros per hour and nurses 10, Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu said.
    Family physicians are also going to get more money as they are considered an
    essential pillar in the immunization campaign. Roughly 100 thousand people have
    been immunized since the onset of the campaign; out of these only 314 reported
    minor side effects. The latest report provided by the Strategic Communication
    Group indicates 44 hundred new infections in the past 24 hours in Romania and
    86 people died, bringing the death toll since the onset of the pandemic to
    roughly 16,600. 11 hundred people are in intensive care. Nearly 670 thousand
    people have been infected in Romania since the beginning of the pandemic and
    90% of them have been cured. The number of the Romanian nationals infected
    abroad is 7145, and the death toll stays at 132.










    HANDBALL Romania’s vice-champions in
    women’s handball, CSM Bucharest lost to Hungarian side Ferencvaros Budapest 31-27
    their first match counting towards the Champions League Group A. The first game
    went to the Romanians 25-19. CSM ranks second in the group with 11 points
    whereas Ferencvaros comes fourth with 8. On Sunday in the Champions League’s
    Group B, Romanian champions, SCM Ramnicu Valcea are taking on another Hungarian
    side, Gyor, in a home match. Another Romanian side Minaur Baia Mare on Saturday
    clinched a 33-29 win against the Norwegians from Storhamar Handball Elite. Dunarea
    Braila also from Romania will be up against French side Fleury Loiret on
    Sunday.










    LIST Bucharest has
    updated its list of high risk countries for Covid infection whose citizens must
    comply with the latest quarantine measures. The new provisions are in force
    starting January 9th. The list comprises 40 countries, including Britain,
    Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the neighboring Republic of Moldova, whose
    citizens must be quarantined for two weeks after their arrival. Those who stay
    in Romania less than three days and can produce a negative test do not have to go
    into isolation. Those who want to stay more can take a test in their 8th day
    and can get out of quarantine in the 10th day of their stay. According to the
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Romania, all the people coming to Germany from
    the risk areas must produce a negative RT-PCR test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus or
    take such a test in Germany, shortly after their arrival.










    REPATRIATION The Romanian sailor kidnapped from the Agisilaos ship off the
    shores of Togo has been released and is to be repatriated in the following
    days, the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced on Saturday. According to the
    same sources, in order to settle the incident, the Crisis Management Cell set
    up on this occasion, has taken a lot of action working jointly with the company
    which hired the Romanian and other international partners. On November 30th
    2020, sources with the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced that Minister
    Aurescu had summoned an inter-institutional crisis management cell to address
    the incident in Togo involving the Agisilaos, where several sailors, including
    a Romanian citizen, had been kidnapped.






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  • January 9, 2021

    January 9, 2021

    SCHOOL The National Committee
    for Emergency Situations in Romania decided to extend the online education
    process until February 7th. The suspension of activities involving
    the physical presence of preschoolers and students in schools and other
    education facilities comes right after the winter holiday. Education Minister
    Sorin Campeanu had earlier specified that students could return to schools
    starting February 8th. At a meeting with trade unions in the field,
    representatives of parents and students’ associations, Campeanu said that it
    all depends on the evolution of the pandemic adding that schools are going to
    open differently taking into account the infection rate in the region. The
    opposition PSD and AUR as well as the ruling UDMR are favoring the reopening of
    schools, which they believe can be done next week.










    REPATRIATION The Romanian sailor kidnapped from the Agisilaos ship off the
    shores of Togo has been released and is to be repatriated in the following
    days, the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest has announced today. According to the
    same sources, in order to settle the incident, the Crisis Management Cell set
    up on this occasion, has made a lot of efforts, which involved the company
    which hired the Romanian and other international partners. On November 30th
    2020, sources with the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced that Minister
    Aurescu had summoned an inter-institutional crisis management cell to address
    the incident in Togo involving the Agisilaos, where several sailors, including
    a Romanian citizen, had been kidnapped.










    DECISION The government in Bucharest is expected to pass an emergency
    ordinance to grant additional sums of money to the medical personnel involved
    in the anti-Covid National Vaccination Campaign. Under the draft, physicians
    are to receive 20 Euros per hour and nurses 10, Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu
    said. Family physicians are also going to get more money as they are considered
    an essential pillar in the immunization campaign. Roughly 100 thousand people
    have been immunized since the onset of the campaign; out of these only 314
    reported minor side effects. Romania has so far received nearly 300 thousand
    doses and 120 thousand of these doses have been directed to vaccination points.
    Roughly 5,000 fresh Covid infections were reported on Friday, most of them in
    capital Bucharest. The death toll exceeds 16,500 and 11 hundred are in
    intensive care.










    HANDBALL Romania’s vice-champions in
    women’s handball, CSM Bucharest are in Budapest to take on local side
    Ferencvaros Budapest in their first match counting towards the Champions League
    Group A. The first game went to the Romanians 25-19. CSM ranks second in the
    group with 11 points whereas Ferencvaros comes fourth with 8. On Sunday in the
    Champions League’s Group B, Romanian champions, SCM Ramnicu Valcea are taking
    on another Hungarian side, Gyor in a home match. The Romanians are last in
    their group with no point out of 5 games played. Two other Romanian sides are
    making their debut in the European League: Minaur Baia Mare takes on Norwegian
    side Storhamar Handball Elite, while Dunarea Braila are up against French side
    Fleury Loiret on Sunday.








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