Wednesday, December 30-th

2,778 medical staff from COVID frontline hospitals were vaccinated as part of the national immunization campaign

2,778 medical staff from COVID front-line hospitals were vaccinated in the first three days of the national immunization campaign, accordind to the authorities. Of these, 712 people have been vaccinated in the last 24 hours. In the three days after the start of the campaign, there were common and minor side effects, of local type, with pain at the injection site. There were also five general reactions: two febrile and three allergic, such as hives./opopescu

4,637 new cases of coronavirus in Romania

4,637 new cases of coronavirus were reported yesterday in Romania, out of approximately 24,000 tests performed in the last 24 hours. Most new diseases were registered in Bucharest, 1,319, the capital being followed by Timiș County, with 277 cases. Regarding the incidence at 14 days, the worst situation is in Ilfov County, with almost five cases per thousand inhabitants. The authorities also announced another 135 deaths associated with the new coronavirus, and 1,162 patients are being admitted to Intensive Care units. Of all those who became ill at the beginning of the pandemic, almost 88% recovered./opopescu

Salaries and bonuses of public employees will remain next year at the same as in December this year

The salaries and bonuses of the public servants will be kept next year at the same level as the one granted in December of this year. The value of the fine point remains at 145 lei, and the holiday vouchers, in the amount of 1,450 lei, will be granted next year, but will be issued only in electronic format, according to a draft normative act, published on the Ministry of Public Finances website. Next year, the amount of the food allowance remains unchanged. The normative act also stipulates that the service pensions of the professional civil aviation personnel in civil aviation, of the specialized auxiliary personnel of the courts, parliamentarians and members of the Romanian diplomatic and consular corps are not updated with the average annual inflation rate. Also, the state military pensions established according the law are not updated with the average annual inflation rate./opopescu