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The economic growth of 2.9pct is due exclusively to investments and not to consumption, which is a premiere for Romania, Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Friday. "The INS (National Institute for Statistics) published details on economic growth in the first quarter of 2021.

On Wednesday, the deputies and senators voted for the draft decision regarding the removal of Renata Weber from the leadership of the Ombudsman institution. There were 247 votes "in favour," 32 "against" and one parliamentarian did not vote. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalina Matei, editor: Florin Marin; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Minister of Health Vlad Voiculescu announced on Wednesday the South African SARS-CoV-2 variant has been identified at the "Matei Bals" Hospital, stating that it is not the first case of this type in Romania. "A South African virus variant has been identified today at "Matei Bals". It is not the first in the country.

Another patient who was at the Matei Bals fire-hit pavilion on January 29, has died, death toll reaching 17. "The Ministry of Health was informed today about a casualty among the patients who were in Pavilion 5 of the National Institute of Infectious Disease Matei Bals in Bucharest, during the fire on January 29," The Ministry of Health specifies on Tuesday.

Another patient who had been moved from the fire-hit pavilion of the Matei Bals Institute on January 29 has died, bringing the total death toll in the aftermath of the blaze to 16.

Another patient who had been moved from the fire-hit pavilion of the 'Matei Bals' Institute has died, bringing the total death toll in the aftermath of the blaze to 15.

Criminal prosecutors and police finished the on-site investigation at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Prof. Dr. Matei Bals on Friday, one week after the fire that broke out on January 29, and a technical expertise will be ordered in this case by INCD INSEMEX Petrosani, in order to establish the causes of the fire.

A team of seven specialists with the Petrosani-based National Research and Development Institute for Mining Safety and Explosive Protection (INSEMEX) travelled to Bucharest on Friday to conduct an investigation into a fire that broke out at the Matei Bals hospital.

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Friday that the shortcomings of the Romanian healthcare system were also reflected in the case of the recent fire tragedy at the Matei Bals hospital, emphasising that there is a need to allocate as many resources as possible for investment. "The shortcomings of the Romanian healthcare system have made their presence felt even today (...) in this tragedy.

President Klaus Iohannis offered today condolences to the families of the patients killed in the fire that broke out at Matei Bals Bucharest Epidemiological Institute, where he went at noon, and stressed that in this case conclusions must be drawn quickly and solutions need to be found. "A very sad day today, with the tragedy that happened here this morning.