Adina Panaitescu

The majority of Romanians (81%) consider that the direction towards which the country should move in terms of political and military alliances is the West, that is the EU, USA, NATO, according to an INSCOP survey sent to AGERPRES on Monday. The survey reveals that 10.4% of respondents believe that Romania should go, in terms of political and military alliances, to the East, i.e.

A doctor from Cluj, Horia Maniu, proposes a unique research method for the annihilation of SARS-CoV-2, with ionizing radiation, which could influence the electrostatic field of the virus, and his idea is supported by specialists in the field.

The tourist accommodation capacity in operation was in 2020 by 27.8% lower than the previous year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) intends to launch a public communication campaign, in the context of efforts to include Romania in the Visa Waiver program, but also initiatives in the US Congress, so that Romanian citizens should not need a visa to travel to the USA, in the short term, announces the relevant minister, Bogdan Aurescu.

Education Minister Sorin Cimpeanu informed on Thursday that, until March 16, a number of 135,000 (38%) education employees were vaccinated against COVID, the percentage of immunized teachers being almost 50%. "As of Tuesday, we had 135,000 vaccinated education employees. That is over 38%. If we refer to the vaccinated teachers, the percentage is close to 50%.

Prime Minister Florin Citu stressed on Wednesday that there is no conflict between him and Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu, mentioning that he supports the transparency of public data, but that the presentation of such information must be accompanied by explanations in order not to generate misinterpretations. "From my point of view, there is no problem. One hundred percent transparency.

A number of 103,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive on Thursday at the "Cantacuzino" National Institute for Medical-Military Development Research, informs a press release of the National Coordinating Committee for Vaccination Activities against COVID-19.

Secretary of State with the Health Ministry Andrei Baciu states that, according to the delivery schedule, 2.6 million anti-COVID vaccine doses will arrive in Romania in March, and at least 3,128,000 doses in April. "Regarding the vaccine doses that will arrive in the next period, until the end of March (...) we have a total of over 2.6 million vaccine doses.

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Tuesday that the data published by the Ministry of Health on which he was notified are related to vaccination, not to the number of tests in each county and that he wants to make sure that information that may create problems was not released in the public space.

President Klaus Iohannis promulgated on Monday the state budget law for 2021, the Presidential Administration announced. The head of state also promulgated the law on the state social insurance budget for this year. According to the Presidential Administration, the 2021 budget will allow Romania to develop in key-sectors, which have often been "ignored" in the past.