The National Epidemiological Operations Tribunal (CNSU) details in a ruling Friday the proposed mitigations, which will take effect once confirmed by a government decision. Among other things Lifting the ban on attending sporting events: The public with a green card certifying vaccination or recovery from infection in the past six months can participate, using 30 percent of the capacity of these suites. With similar capacity limitations Courses and cultural performances can resume and events can be held outdoors With up to a thousand participants with a green card.
CNSU has proposed special provisions for the national holiday on December 1st: military parades may last no more than one hour and the number of spectators in Bucharest may not exceed 400, and in the province 200 seats.
A clause has also been added stating that students may only attend classes in schools where at least 60 percent of teachers have been vaccinated. from Monday Regardless of vaccination, attendance training can also be provided in 1,700 settlements where less than 3 percent of the population has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection in the past two weeks.
The Ministry of Education also issued a decision on Friday on how to regularly screen students for the coronavirus: Students are given a rapid antigen test based on a saliva sample every Monday and ThursdayTo check for suspected infection. The test is conducted by medical staff under the supervision of assigned officers in the classroom or at home, under the supervision of parents. The rapid tests ordered by the ministry are expected to arrive in schools next week.
According to a report released by the Tribe of Strategic Communications (GCS) on Friday In the past day, 2,889 new infections were diagnosed, just over half the average in the past two weeks. The downward trend in deaths continued: 254 registered patients with coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, which is twenty percent below the two-week moving average.
The number of people receiving hospital care fell below 12,000 for the first time in a month and a half, while at the height of the fourth wave, a month ago, the number exceeded 20,000. In the intensive care units of Covid hospitals, 1,604 patients with severe coronavirus were cared for on Friday.
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