Military takes charge of Romania ‘horror hospital’ where Covid-19 patients put in ‘fast food kiosks,’ the dead unloaded in front of patients
The military has been put in charge of a hospital treating Covid-19 cases in the central Romanian city of Sibiu after patients were put into fast food kiosks, without toilets, and dead bodies were put in coffins as patients waited to be admitted.
Col. Constantin Vlase was appointed manager of the Sibiu County...
Romania again reports more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases. Almost 15% of tests came out positive
Romania registered more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus for the sixth day running, authorities said Monday.
The high number of cases_ 1,104_ was more alarming as fewer tests were carried out as is customary during the weekend.
Some 14.46%
of people tested were confirmed to have the virus, which is the highest...
Romania closes bars, restaurants, barbers, cinemas and bans church services in fight against coronavirus
Romanian authorities on Tuesday announced they were putting into place unprecedented measures in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has sickened 222 people in Romania so far.
Interior Minister Marcel Vela announced sweeping measures, including closing restaurants, bars, clubs, cinemas, malls, betting shops, barbers and hairdressers and cinemas.
Romanians workers quarantined after Covid-19 outbreak at cucumber farm in Germany
An entire cucumber farm with 500 people was quarantined in southeastern Germany on Sunday after 174 harvest workers tested positive to the virus.
Authorities are confident the outbreak in the Bavarian town of Mamming, in
the Dingolfing-Landau district, have not spread outside the farm.
Infected and non-infected...
Romania’s government to hike taxes on fuel, cigarettes to bring down budget deficit
Romania’s
finance ministry says it will hike taxes on fuel and other goods in a bid to
narrow a burgeoning budget deficit.
The move is
expected to lead to higher inflation, which rose to 3.8% in November, one of
the highest rates in the European Union.
Romania’s
budget deficit will be about 4.4% this year, far...
Romania’s president expected to nominate prime minister after talks with political parties
Romania's president was expected to nominate a prime minister later Monday after talks with political parties, which have been complicated by inconclusive election results.
The candidate nominated by Klaus Iohannis following discussions with each party at the Cotroceni presidential palace is tasked with forming a Cabinet in the next ten days which...
Coronavirus: Romanians who cleared supermarket shelves now want refund on groceries after panic passes
Coronavirus panic sparked a run on Romanian supermarkets last week.
Shoppers rushed to supermarkets and hypermarkets and stockpiled groceries: water,
oil, flour, sugar, maize and toilet paper in anticipation of a pandemic.
Now, it appears some are having second thoughts.
Europa FM reported on Monday that people are...
UPDATE. ‘You didn’t crack in 1989.’ Romanian health minister appeals to health workers to rally round, as cases cross 3,000
Romania’s health minister on Friday appealed to medics to get behind the fight against coronavirus as the number of cases rose to 3,183, with the biggest spike so far in a day.
Nelu Tataru said there 445 new cases were registered in last 24 hours. A total of 133 people have died from...
UPDATE. Coronavirus cases climb to 9,000 in Romania, nine deaths reported in past day
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 8,936 on Monday, and the death count rose to 460, authorities said.
The Strategic Communication Group said 190 new cases had been reported in the last 24 hours, one of the lowest daily case counts in recent weeks.
In the past day, nine more...
Minister blames high levels of pollution in Romanian capital on ‘suspicious night time’ industrial activity
Environment Minister Costel Alexe says high levels of pollution in the Romanian capital registered overnight were caused by "suspicious night time activity" caused by people incinerating tires and stubble burning in a village north of the capital.
“It’s Spring
and people clean up their yards and burn everything they find,” Alexe said
Monday.
