Travel alert from the Foreign Ministry for Romanians traveling to Greece
Greece is under a red code for heat, and Romanians traveling in this country should be interested if the area they reach is affected by fires – warns the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest. Weather warnings are valid until next week, and temperatures will reach 43 degrees Celsius in some continental areas. Authorities are on alert in mainland Greece, Athens, the Peloponnese, but also in the islands of the North Aegean Sea and Crete. For more information, the MFA recommends consulting the website, as well as using the ‘Travel safely’ application./opopescu
Romanian Minister of Youth and Sports Eduard Novák was asked to apologize for his statement
The Romanian Sports Minister Eduard Novák, a world champion at the Paralympic Games and European cycling champion, was asked to apologize for a statement he made. He told the silver medalist at the fencing competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Ana Maria Popescu, that she could not have won the final even if the budget of the Romanian Fencing Federation had been higher by 5 million lei. With this statement, the minister, who previously considered as the most important objective of his mandate the elaboration of the sports development strategy in Romania, provoked fierce criticism. Eduard Novák also stated that Romania can learn a lot from the Hungarian example, as Hungary has invested heavily in sports in the last 20 years, and this can be seen in the results./opopescu
Children between 12 and 17 years old will be able to be vaccinated against COVID also with the serum produced by the Moderna
Starting from next month, children between 12 and 17 years old will be able to be vaccinated against COVID also with the serum produced by Moderna, in addition to the one from Pfizer. The announcement was made by the coordinator of the National Vaccination Campaign, Valeriu Gheorghiță, who also said that it is possible that from September the third dose of vaccine to be administered to healthcare workers and people with high risk of infection. The third dose of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine may be administered starting from September to healthcare professionals, the elderly over the age of 65 and the chronically ill, if this is determined by the European Medicines Agency. The announcement was made by the coordinator of the National Vaccination Campaign, Valeriu Gheorghiță, who also said that probably the people who went through the disease will not receive the second booster./opopescu
Ovidiu Popescu – RADOR
