The health minister announce that the authorities still have the coronavirus crisis under control
Authorities announce that they still have the coronavirus crisis under control but that isolation must remain a standard rule during the pandemic. The health minister, Nelu Tătaru, said that respecting restrictions is more and more difficult, while Romania has a continuously bigger number of cases. He specified that a draft law will be elaborated for quarantine and isolation conditions, and that it will get to the government next week.
Health minister Nelu Tătaru advises the population to respect sanitary protection measures, specifying that in the last three weeks the number of new cases of COVID-19 has been rising. The delay of the relaxation measures, that were supposed to be implemented starting the 1st of July, is caused by this rise – the minister said – and by the rise of cases at ITU.
The number of policemen, riot police and fire workers will also rise in the next period. They will check urban and rural areas to make sure rules are being respected.
Romania remains firmly committed to sustain a strong and solidary transatlantic relationship – president Klaus Iohannis
President Klaus Iohannis insisted yesterday on the idea of solidarity in the transatlantic relation and promised that Romania will remain a strategic ally for the United States. In turn, the American ambassador Adrian Zuckerman said that his country remains committed in insuring the sovereignty and security of Romania.
At the reception organized to mark The Independence Day, president Klaus Iohannis said that Romania remains firmly committed to sustain a strong and solidary transatlantic relation and mentioned that Romania will always be a strategic ally and trustworthy friend for the United States of America. The chief of state drew the attention to the fact that major challenges that exist in the present global context have an impact over all the transatlantic partners.
Klaus Iohannis: For Romania, the answer to these changes is one: solidarity; solidarity in the bilateral relation of Strategic partnership with the United States of America, solidarity in the European Union, solidarity in the transatlantic relation.
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban also said that Romania will continue to work to intensify the relation with the United States and will remain, in the future, a strong ally for them.
The Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs started the diplomatic steps to solve the situation of ques formed by tourists from Romania at the Greek border
The Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs started the diplomatic steps to solve the situation of ques formed by tourists from Romania at the Greek border. Representatives of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from Bucharest asked the Greek authorities to find solutions to ease the traffic at the crossing point between Bulgaria and Greece, Kulata – Promahonas. In Bulgaria, Romanians waited for hours yesterday at the Bulgarian-Greek border and, afterwards, a separate crossing point was created for vehicles from the EU. Greece introduced, starting this month, random testing for foreign tourists who arrive by air, land or sea. After being tested, tourists will wait for the result in self-isolation, at the vacation destination. All tourists have to fill in an online form, 48 hours before entering Greece.
Alexandra Ionita, RADOR
