One of 107 Covid-19 patients who succumbed to the virus was a four-month - old baby boy on Wednesday, when Romania reported a staggering 5,343 new virus cases on what was the worst day in the world since the pandemic started.
The Strategic Communication Group reported that 60 men and 47 women with the virus, including children who had a variety of medical conditions, had lost their lives. In intensive care units, another poor record, there are 861 SARS-CoV-2 patients being treated. In the past month,
the number of patients requiring intensive care has increased almost every day. Some 36,815 tests were conducted, giving a 14.33 percent 'positivity score,' which is considered high but the lowest since Oct. 24.
A total of 222,559 cases have been reported in Romania, of which almost 160,000 have been recovered.
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A Chinese state electrical engineering company and its affiliate have been sanctioned by the World Bank over fraudulent activities in a power project in Zambia.
The action bars China Electric Design and Research Institute Co Ltd (CEDRI) from participating for up to 18 months in World Bank projects with the option to meet new conditions of compliance and to remove the ban.
China National Electric Engineering Co Ltd (CNEEC), the parent company of the company, was permitted to continue participating in projects under a settlement agreement, but could be banned if it fails to follow agreed terms, the bank said.
As part of a diplomatic offensive that has seen a top American official tour of 16 nations in the Middle East and Europe, the US is pushing its case against the Chinese telecoms manufacturer Huawei.
Keith Krach, US Undersecretary of State for economic growth, Energy and Climate, speaking at a Washington roundtable on Wednesday, said the US is determined to support 5 G protection and its Clean Network program, directly aimed at Huawei and its Chinese counterpart ZTE.
According to the US State Department, the Clean Network Initiative is "the Trump Administration's comprehensive approach to safeguarding the nation's properties, including the privacy of people and the most sensitive information from aggressive intrusions by malignant actors,
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 471,493. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities that I have analyzed, 15,256 new cases were added within 24 hours.
The number of deaths related to infection rose 97 to 10,218. Around 131,200 people are currently infected. The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 1.03 (previous day: 1.17).
This means that on average one infected person infects slightly more than one other person with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 1.17 (previous day: 1.21). According to the Divi Register, 1569 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany,
McDonald's and Burger King are facing controversy after the Azerbaijani franchisees of the fast food franchises posted many Twitter and Instagram messages in support of military intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh.
So, in these photos. In a series of messages, both McDonald's and Burger King 's national branches expressed their support for Azerbaijan's forces in the deadly fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh 's separatist territory.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) released a statement shortly after the posts were found on social media calling for a boycott of McDonald's until support for Azerbaijan's forces was denounced.
In hospitals, as many as 803 patients confirmed with COVID-19 are in critical condition and 44 of them have been placed on a ventilator. The overall number of infections, of which 17,700 are active cases, grew to over 73,300.
6,800 individuals are being treated at home with moderate forms of COVID-19, while 24,400 are being supervised at home. A total of 861 new novel coronavirus infections have been confirmed today in Moldova.
3,632 PRC tests were performed, 3,256 of which were primary ones, while 376 were on run. Among those reported today with the infection, 56 are health workers. Nineteen individuals died, so the COVID-19 death toll increased to 1,700.
► Schools and daycare centers will remain open: The country leaders and Merkel have agreed that the schools and daycare centers will remain open.
► Stricter contact restrictions: The federal and state governments want to significantly restrict private contacts again. From Monday, only people from two households should be allowed to meet outdoors. The number is limited to a maximum of ten people.
The motto is: REDUCE CONTACTS - to an absolute minimum!
▶ ︎ Celebrations: “Groups of people celebrating in public places, in apartments and in private facilities are unacceptable in view of the serious camps in our country.