Covasna County

In the last 24 hours, firefighters in Romania pumped out flood water from homes and households in 23 areas in 16 counties after heavy rainfalls.

On Friday, the National Weather Administration (ANM) issued a Code yellow warning of increased weather instability valid throughout Saturday morning in 13 counties.

Ten more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have passed away, taking the death toll of the deceased to 790, on Sunday informed the Strategic Communication Group (GCS). The latest dead persons are from the counties of Suceava (male, 60, male, 66, male, 71, female, 85, female, 82), Galati (male, 77), Dambovita (female, 61), Covasna (male, 60), Brasov (female, 88), Olt (female, 54).

A number of 153 medical staff and auxiliary staff are confirmed with COVID-19 at national level, according to the data reported from the territory to the National Center for Transmitted Disease Supervision and Control within the National Institute of Public Health. According to information from the Ministry of Health, 70 of them are doctors and 50 nurses.

A number of 97 cases of the novel coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Romania so far, most of them in Bucharest. According to the website of the National Public Health Institute, a total number of 97 have been confirmed, out of which 31 in the Capital.

Four more cases of novel coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Romania, namely two in Covasna and two in Brasov. According to the Strategic Communication Group, one of the four persons is a 44-year-old man from Brasov who returned from Boston, the U.S., on 11 March, who was admitted with specific symptomatology the following day.

Bucharest, Aug 18 /Agerpres/ - The National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management issued on Saturday afternoon a Code Yellow for Floods in the Covasna, Brasov and Buzau counties, valid until 11:00 pm.

According to hydrologists, due to the rainfall there is potential local flooding effects and increase in flows and levels of rivers, in the counties of Covasna, Brasov and Buzau.

Romania's Environment Minister Gratiela Gavrilescu announced on Tuesday that she is to issue a special order this week that would allow the killing of bears and wolves deemed dangerous, despite opposition from activists.

A request for arbitration in relation to the autonomy of the 'Szekely Land' in Romania demanded by several local councils from the counties of Covasna, Harghita and Mures was denied on Tuesday in Strasbourg by the Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) of the Council of Europe.

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Gheorghe Funar, running for president as an independent candidate, accused the Social Democrat Party (PSD) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) - both in the ruling coalition - of having a secret pact.