Political leaders in Romania condemn Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the separatist regions Donetsk and Luhansk
The President of the Senate, PNL leader Florin Cîţu, said that the recognition by Russia of the independence of the separatist regions Donetsk and Luhansk represents a flagrant violation of the international law and will attract the most severe response of the international community. In a Facebook post, the liberal president reminded that Romania firmly supports the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
USR party condemned the decision made by Vladimir Putin and considers that Russia violates the international law when it unilaterally denounces the Minsk accord by recognizing the self-proclaimed republics in the East of Ukraine. The interim president of USR, Cătălin Drulă, said that an authoritarian leader is trying to change the security order in Europe through violence and that drastic sanctions are a necessary answer from Europe, in this situation.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, the PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu, declared that Russia’s decision violates all international rules and that it will create a common front NATO- The European union, including concerning applying sanctions. Marcel Ciolacu also said that Romania will stay loyal to Ukraine and to the decisions made by NATO and the European Union.
Suceava district is ready for the eventuality of a refugee wave from Ukraine
Suceava district is ready, with housing spaces and medical assistance, for the eventuality of a wave of refugees from Ukraine, said prefect Alexandru Moldovan today. According to a plan designed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there have been identified places for a mobile camp, that will be insured by the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Authorities have given insurances that in maximum 12 hours they can place equipment, beds, pillows, blankets, sheets and power sources, that is all that is necessary to temporary house people. Other spaces have been also identified and they will be put at the disposal by the public authorities or by hospitality operators. Also, the Minister of National Defense, Vasile Dîncu, said today that plans concerning eventual refugees have been finalized.
The Delta variant hasn’t been identified in Romania lately, but there is a surge in cases of BA.2
The Delta variant of the coronavirus stopped being identified in our country but the number of cases with the new sub-variant of Omicron has risen. The variant is studied by researchers all around the world at the moment. The conclusion comes from a chain of private clinics that constantly sequence probes taken from infected people.
MedLife specialists have identified 46 cases of COVID with the new Omicron sub-variant, called BA.2, and no cases of Delta variant in the last series of 171 sequenced probes. This is the second time in a row that Delta is no longer present in the sequence, which confirms that the variant that generated the pandemic wave in autumn has now been replaced by Omicron. Doctors signal that in two weeks the percentage of probes identified with BA.2 has risen from 3% to 27% of the studied samples, but so far there hasn’t been an impact on the evolution of the number of cases, nationwide. The study confirms the accelerated rhythm of spreading of this Omicron sub-variant but, beyond the high level of transmission and the low level of response to the vaccine, apparently BA.2 is similar with the Delta variant, as far as the severity of the disease, with a capacity to cause more serios forms. The coordinator of the study mentioned that it is still to be seen if this sub-variant will prolong the fifth wave of the pandemic.
Alexandra Ioniță
