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[Connaught Ranger]

ROMANIA 11. 05. 2021 -​

1,156 New Covid Infections, 101 Dead In The Past 24hrs​

1,156 new Covid infections, 101 dead in the past 24hrs

1,156 new Covid-19 infections have been reported in Romania in the past 24 hours, out of over 36,000 conducted tests. 101 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 have died in the past day, while 919 patients are in intensive care.No county in Romania is un

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Infection Rate Falls Below 1.5 Per 1,000 In Bucharest​

Infection rate falls below 1.5 per 1,000 in Bucharest

The infection rate has dropped below 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in Bucharest, standing at 1.49 on Tuesday, the Bucharest Public Health Direction announced.PM Florin Citu says that the decrease of the infection rate in the Capital proves the success of

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Number Of Vaccinated People In Romania Up By 30% Following Vaccination Without Appointment​

Number of vaccinated people in Romania up by 30% following vaccination without appointment

The number of vaccinated people has increased by 30% after May 7, when the Romanian authorities allowed people to get vaccinated without previous appointment, but directly by coming to the vaccination centre, said the coordinator of the national immu

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STS Explains How The Covid Passport Will Be Implemented In Romania​

STS explains how the Covid passport will be implemented in Romania

The future green digital passports, or the so-called "Covid passports" that will enable the free movement across the European Union during the COVID-19 pandemic will be implemented in Romania with the support of the Romanian Special Telecommunication

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[BCNTM]

Which Americans are you talking about? The descendant of those hillbillies that helped get rid of the King of England?

Clue: beside the language and even then, America isn’t yours anymore. They even drive on the right side of the road.

Wrong side of the road

 

[colin traveller]

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[Junglejim]

Got my RT-PCR and so far I aint got the cov. I'm probably one of the most tested here hehe. 2 RT-PCR tests and about 4 anti gen tests, my nose would be looser than a gay mans ass in a love parade.

 

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[Connaught Ranger]

ROMANIA 12. 05. 2021 -

930 New Covid Infections, Almost 100 Deaths In The Past 24hrs. Infection Rate Down To 2.7%

930 new Covid infections, almost 100 deaths in the past 24hrs. Infection rate down to 2.7% - The Romania Journal

930 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in Romania in the last 24 hours, following 34,543 conducted tests, according to the the Strategic Communication Group (GCS). Infection rate stands at 2.69% today. 98 Romanians infected with the novel coronavirus have died in the...

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[Jake84]

It’s a global trend on the European continent, from Romania to France and of course the UK, the number of daily cases, people in ICU and deaths have for the past week quite drastically decreased. Less than 200 dead recorded in France for the past 24 hours whereas we were at about 400 or more two weeks ago.

About f***ing time too, as Belgium and France are or will reopen this week and the next one, the terrace of restaurants and bars only for now and the cinemas, museums will get their chance after a painful six months shutdown.

It’s good, but of course still a disaster both in human lives and for the economy. If the worst of the pandemic thanks to the vaccination rollout is behind us, I’m not that optimistic about unemployment and social or civil unrest to come.

 

[Fluff]

It’s a global trend on the European continent, from Romania to France and of course the UK, the number of daily cases, people in ICU and deaths have for the past week quite drastically decreased. Less than 200 dead recorded in France for the past 24 hours whereas we were at about 400 or more two weeks ago.

About f***ing time too, as Belgium and France are or will reopen this week and the next one, the terrace of restaurants and bars only for now and the cinemas, museums will get their chance after a painful six months shutdown.

It’s good, but of course still a disaster both in human lives and for the economy. If the worst of the pandemic thanks to the vaccination rollout is behind us, I’m not that optimistic about unemployment and social or civil unrest to come.

it is getting better, but here they prepare us for next winter, facemasks and working from home, have been floated, so far....

 

[Jake84]

it is getting better, but here they prepare us for next winter, facemasks and working from home, have been floated, so far....

The Indian variant is quite worrying but last I heard was that Pfizer was efficient against it. Can’t speak for AZ, Moderna or J&J.

Yes, same here. Many virologists and scientists are warning us about third/fourth/fifth “wave” for next autumn and winter, I take it seriously but enough is enough. The lockdowns are controversial too and not every scientist and docs find this solution so efficient, would have been worse without any lockdown probably but for nearly a year...?

Could have, would have, should have I know. Almost every govts in Europe have been heavily criticized by their opposition or population, often rightly so. In the end thanks China for the cover up and the first few months of late 2019 and early 2020 that would have made a major difference had we been warned soon enough.

 

[Fluff]

The Indian variant is quite worrying but last I heard was that Pfizer was efficient against it. Can’t speak for AZ, Moderna or J&J.

Yes, same here. Many virologists and scientists are warning us about third/fourth/fifth “wave” for next autumn and winter, I take it seriously but enough is enough. The lockdowns are controversial too and not every scientist and docs find this solution so efficient, would have been worse without any lockdown probably but for nearly a year...?

Could have, would have, should have I know. Almost every govts in Europe have been heavily criticized by their opposition or population, often rightly so. In the end thanks China for the cover up and the first few months of late 2019 and early 2020 that would have made a major difference had we been warned soon enough.

I hope we have the time now, to make better plans, isolation with support for the very weak and elderly, masks in crowds etc, and presumably more vaccines.

 

[TheKiwi]

WHO report finds multiple faults in initial COVID response.

Covid: Serious failures in WHO and global response, report finds

An independent review calls the international response to the pandemic a "toxic cocktail".

www.bbc.com

Doesn't appear to acknowledge that the WHO's own confusing messaging at the beginning didn't help matters. Doesn't appear to acknowledge that the WHO was far more concerned about things like smoking and drinking over disease.

Recommends that the WHO be rewarded for this poor performance with more money and more powers.

 

[morris]

COVID-19 Cases in the Gaza Strip - Weekly epidemiological bulletin from (04/04 TO 10/04 2021) AND (11/04 TO 17/04 2021) - occupied Palestinian territory

Situation Report in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Health and Epidemic; published on 9 May 2021 by Govt. of the State of Palestine and WHO

reliefweb.int

 

[muck]

WHO report finds multiple faults in initial COVID response.

Covid: Serious failures in WHO and global response, report finds

An independent review calls the international response to the pandemic a "toxic cocktail".

www.bbc.com

Doesn't appear to acknowledge that the WHO's own confusing messaging at the beginning didn't help matters. Doesn't appear to acknowledge that the WHO was far more concerned about things like smoking and drinking over disease.

Recommends that the WHO be rewarded for this poor performance with more money and more powers.

Here in Germany, a report warned as early as 2012 that the country was wholly unprepared to deal with a pandemic. The authors even predicted the current situation insofar as they anticipated a virus-borne respiratory disease to be the most likely cause of a future pandemic. Parliament debated the findings and did – nothing. I'm not even particularly angry nor surprised, though.

If some member of parliament had moved to stockpile one billion face masks "just in case", they'd have been laughed out of the assembly room. The media would've grilled them for "fear-mongering", and the populace would've accused them of wasting their hard-earned taxes. Our species is doomed to learn a lesson the hard way.

We don't like to be reminded of our mortality, and we don't like to prepare for uncomfortable eventualities. Even off the top of your head, you'll find no shortage of great losses of life by way of catastrophe or violence that could've easily been prevented … but only in their wake did we get our act together. If we did get our act together, that is.

What's ultimately made this whole situation so much worse is the behaviour of the individual citizens, and I don't think they paid nearly as much attention to the WHO as they did do to the news. I don't mean to exonerate the WHO; clearly, they've made a huge cock-up. But in my books, the media are the single-most noteworthy contributor to the pandemic's escalation.

Their sensationalist coverage of previous epidemics like Avian Flu – treated as minor health scares by serious experts –, conditioned the populace to underestimate future hazards since there was so little to show for all the drama. And their initial focus on anti-Asian racism prompted many (including myself) to disregard the threat; after all, how could a hate crime be more newsworthy than an allegedly dangerous disease?

I'd argue the change in tune on the right really reflects the negative impact of their handling of the emergent situation. After all, right-wing politicians like Trump initially spearheaded the toughest response to the spreading pandemic. Only when the media's response showed them that votes were to be had in downplaying the threat, did they pull a turncoat.

 

[morris]

San Marino to offer tourists Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

The tiny Republic of San Marino, landlocked inside Italy, on Wednesday announced the launch of a vaccine tourism programme, offering the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 shot to visitors from May 17.

www.reuters.com

The 24-square-mile (61-square-kilometre) enclave, with a population of 34,000, first received a batch of Sputnik in February and has so far immunized 25,000 people, officials said on a briefing on Wednesday, mostly with the Russian vaccine.

With no coronavirus patients currently in hospital, San Marino decided it was capable of launching a campaign inviting tourists to get vaccinated with Sputnik V, tourism minister Federico Pedini Amati said on the briefing.
"The vaccination tourism campaign will start on 17 May and will concern foreign, non-Italian citizens," the minister said.

 

[colin traveller]

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[BCNTM]

COVID-19 Cases in the Gaza Strip - Weekly epidemiological bulletin from (04/04 TO 10/04 2021) AND (11/04 TO 17/04 2021) - occupied Palestinian territory

Situation Report in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Health and Epidemic; published on 9 May 2021 by Govt. of the State of Palestine and WHO

reliefweb.int

Few less to vaccinate now

 

[Connaught Ranger]

ROMANIA 12. 05. 2021 -

New Day With Less Than 1,000 Covid Infections. 75 Deaths And 829 Patients In ICU

New day with less than 1,000 Covid infections. 75 deaths and 829 patients in ICU - The Romania Journal

953 new Covid-19 infections have been reported in Romania in the past 24 hours, following 33,222 conducted tests. There have been 75 deaths reported due to the coronavirus infection in the last day, whole 829 patients were in a more serious condition in intensive care. Until today, May 13...

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President Iohannis: No More Mandatory Face Masks Outdoors, With Some Exceptions, No More Night Movement Ban As Of May 15

President Iohannis: No more mandatory face masks outdoors, with some exceptions, no more night movement ban as of May 15 - The Romania Journal

In a press statement on Thursday, Preside Klaus Iohannis has announced the first restrictions to be lifted amid the downward trend of the coronavirus infections in Romania. The first measures are to be waved right from this weekend. “We’ve discussed with the members of the government today about...

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Health Minister: There Are Gaps Up To 500 Deaths Reported By A Hospital Between Two Reporting Platforms

Health minister: There are gaps up to 500 deaths reported by a hospital between two reporting platforms - The Romania Journal

Health minister, Ioana Mihăilă, has released in a press conference on Thursday the results of the checks on reporting the Covid-19 deaths, as initially signaled by her predecessor Vlad Voiculescu. According to minister Mihăilă, gaps up to 500 deaths have been detected between the reporting made...

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[colin traveller]

Lololololol ...

 

[BCNTM]

Got my second jab next Wednesday - a lot sooner than I expected - not like it's going to change my plans for this year, but it will be good to get it out of the way

 

[colin traveller]

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