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Bucharest City not to lock down for Easter

Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu says that Bucharest City will not get locked down for Easter, adding that "only the criteria that can lead to a recommendation for the lockdown of a settlement locality have been clarified/updated." "Bucharest will NOT lock down for Easter. The new criteria for locking down settlements have been published.

Tuesday's COVID-19 measure protesters nationwide handed 1,300 fines, two criminal cases opened in Bucharest

As many as 1,300 fines 670,000 lei were issued nationwide to participants in protests against COVID-19 restrictive measures on Tuesday evening, according to Interior Minister Lucian Bode. He said on Wednesday morning that 78 demonstrations took place in 39 counties and in Bucharest City.

Bucharest Prefect: Representatives of metro strikers understood it is important to cease protest; metro traffic to be resumed Saturday

The representatives of Metrorex employees understood that it is important to cease the protest, with the metro traffic to be resumed on Saturday, Bucharest City prefect Alin Stoica said on Friday.

Parliament suspends plenary sitting, to resume budget talks on Tuesday

Parliament suspended its joint plenary sitting debating the draft 2021 national budget at 02:00hrs this morning, planning to resume talks today at 10:00hrs. Also considered today will be a bill on the state social security budget, with a final vote on the two bills scheduled for today as well.

Vaccination of teaching staff to start Wednesday

The COVID-19 vaccination of the teaching staff starts on Wednesday in most counties in Romania and ends on March 10, during which time the first dose is estimated to be administered to nearly 60,000 persons, Chairman of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) Valeriu Gheorghita said Tuesday.

As many as 180 vaccination offices to become operational for AstraZeneca vaccine administration

The immunisation of the population with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will start in Romania on February 15, and to that end 180 new vaccination offices will open, according to the National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV).

Bucharest City recording highest COVID-19 new case count: 703; counties of Timis, Iasi follow

The latest highest COVID-19 new case count has been reported by Bucharest City - 703, and the counties of Timis -159; Iasi - 110; Ilfov - 105; Brasov - 100, according to data released on Sunday by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force.

ParliamentaryElection2020/ BEC - voter turnout 31.11 pct as of 20:00 hrs

The turnout in Romania's general election this Sunday was 31.11 percent as of 20:00 hrs, with 5,659,852 people having turned out to the polls, according to data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). In urban areas, 3,045,446 voters went to the polls and 2,614,406 people cast ballots in rural areas. A total of 70,103 voters used the mobile ballot box.

ParliamentaryElection2020/ UPDATE BEC - voter turnout 29.80 pct as of 19:00 hrs

The turnout in Romania's general election this Sunday was 29.80 percent as of 19:00 hrs, with 5,421,794 people having turned out to the polls, according to data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). In urban areas, 2,904,483 voters went to the polls and 2,517,311 people cast ballots in rural areas. A total of 68,139 voters used the mobile ballot box.

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