NVFSA specifies that there are no studies to prove that food is a way of transmitting coronavirus
The National Veterinary and Food Safety Authority states that there are no studies that prove that food is a way of transmitting the coronavirus. In a statement, NVFSA stresses that this conclusion is based on the publications of the European Food Safety Authority and other institutions worldwide, which are monitoring the situation. The strict observance by the personnel in the food sector of the good practices of personal hygiene eliminates the possibility that it contaminates the food products that they manipulate or the surfaces within the unit, says the Authority, which carries out controls to make sure of this./opopescu
The coronavirus effect on the Romanian car industry
The auto industry is also seriously hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions imposed by the countries of the continent on transports and personal contacts make impossible the production and sales of cars. Over 16,000 employees from the largest car factories and subassemblies have already been sent into technical unemployment. The general secretary of the Romanian Association of Automobile Builders, Adrian Sandu, also told that the measures taken by the government are effective, but only if this crisis does not extend very much. He also believes that launching the new „Wreck” Programme will help the industry in this area./opopescu
The situation at the border crossing points
Hungary will leave open the humanitarian corridor to Romania for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens who want to return home from Western Europe, as long as Romania is committed to allow them to enter the country, the Hungarian prime minister’s office said yesterday. Romanian and Bulgarian citizens waiting in Austria can cross the border between 9:00 pm and 5:00 am, so they can cross Hungary in convoys. Until yesterday morning, about 12.500 people who were in the convoy that received permission to cross Hungary, after being blocked in Austria, arrived in Romania at Nădlac II, and around 180 were taken to quarantine, said Arad Border Police spokesman Matei Filip Ionuţ. At this time, according to the Border Police application, the traffic of the cars is normal, only the trucks that want to enter the country through Nădlac II point have to wait 8 hours, while the period of stay at Nădlac I is 100 minutes, and at Vârşand for 2 hours. In contrast, to leave Romania, the trucks have to wait in Calafat for 5 hours, in Giurgiu for over 3 hours, respectively in Ostrov. 60 minutes./opopescu
Ovidiu Popescu, RADOR
