Over 1.000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country on Tuesday
1.111 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed yesterday in the country, given that almost 21.000 tests have been performed in the last 24 hours. The majority of those cases were registered in the capital, over 200, Bucharest appearing – according to the Graphs.ro platform – also with the highest infection rate in the last 14 days in the entire country – 1.28 cases per thousand inhabitants. Over one case per thousand inhabitants in the last two weeks still have the counties of Bacău, Bihor, Ilfov, Brăila, but also Vâlcea. At the opposite pole, with the lowest incidence rates per thousand inhabitants in the last 14 days are the counties of Botoșani, Mureș and Vrancea. Yesterday, there were also 51 deaths, and 460 patients are still admitted to Intensive Care units./opopescu
The volume of investments in the public sector is the highest in the last 10 years
The volume of public sector investment is the highest in 10 years, despite the current crisis, when budget revenues are declining, prime minister Ludovic Orban said today. He explained that the Executive has tried to constantly increase the allocations for the modernization of infrastructure, including using massive European funds. According to the prime minister, the solution to the situation created by the pandemic is permanent adaptation, especially given that the first stage of the crisis revealed „a national selfishness”, which manifested at European level as well. The prime minister recalled that, from an economic point of view, the government has taken hundreds of measures to support the activity of companies and to retain employees, which has reduced the negative effects./opopescu
The Ministry of Health purchased, this year, a double amount of anti-flu vaccine compared to last year
The Ministry of Health purchased, this year, a double amount of anti-flu vaccine compared to last year, given the increased risk of overlapping the flu season with the current Covid-19 epidemic. It is about three million doses for the free annual immunization campaign; the first tranche of vaccines has already started to be distributed to the County Directorates of Public Health./opopescu
