Bucharest, the city with the busiest traffic in the world
Bucharest is the city with the busiest traffic in the world, according to an annual report published by one of the most accurate specialized applications. Thus, in the capital of our country, drivers lose 134 hours behind the wheel, in Bogota, Colombia, 133 hours, 100 hours in New York and Moscow and 94 hours in Philadelphia. Romania was included for the first time in this ranking, last year, as there are no data showing the changes compared to previous years. In general, in a normal year the busiest are very old or fast-growing cities. The traffic restrictions imposed by the pandemic also reduced the average number of hours lost in traffic, with Rome ranking first from this point of view./opopescu
378 infections with the British strain of SARS-CoV-2 are reported in Romania
378 infections with the British strain of SARS-CoV-2 are reported in our country, according to the National Institute of Public Health. Two infections with the South African version of COVID-19 and two more with the Brazilian one have been confirmed so far. Since beeing aware of the circulation of these strains, over 700 samples were analyzed for sequencing in Romania. Of these, 382 samples are completed, in most cases being the British strain. These are official data, but the number of people infected with the new strains of SARS-CoV-2 may actually be higher./opopescu
New vaccination cabinets have become functional for programming with the Moderna shot
73 new vaccination offices have become operational starting from today for immunization programming with the serum produced by Moderna. The vaccination process will begin on March 15-th, and the capacity of each office is 60 people a day. Thus, more than 4,300 people can be vaccinated daily in these offices. These are vulnerable people, those over 65 years old, those with chronic diseases and people with disabilities. The distribution of the 73 vaccination flows at national level will be made in 24 counties in the country and in Bucharest. Cabinets operate both in existing centers and in other places identified by local or county authorities. The programming methods are those already known, respectively individually, through relatives or through the social assistance departments, through the IT platform, with the help of the doctor or through the call-center./opopescu
