Romania's Ministry of Health on Friday called on the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) to activate the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism to secure neutralising monoclonal antibody (NmAb) treatment for 40,000 COVID-19 patients."There are promises of support from other member states for this treatment as well. I spoke yesterday with Mrs Stella Kyriakides, the European commissioner for health, about our intention to activate the Civil Protection Mechanism in order to supply the medicines needed to secure the treatment of our patients," Health Minister Cseke Attila is quoted as saying in a press statement.The Ministry of Health points out that amid the ongoing fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic it is necessary to secure access to treatment with neutralising monoclonal antibodies for mild to moderate COVID-19 cases.On Tuesday, Romania received a donation of 5,206 vials of antibodies from Italy and distributed them to 134 hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
The INVL Renewable Energy Fund I, managed by INVL Asset Management, signed a EUR 29.3 million loan agreement with Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit). The loan will be used to finance the construction of solar power plants with 71 megawatts (MW) of capacity in Romania. This is the second loan by Kommunalkredit to the fund. In […]
Romania’s Orșova Shipyard (BVB: SNO) has concluded five external contracts for the construction of five river vessels, with the total value of the contracts amounting to EUR 22.2 million, according to a report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The contracts are commercial in nature and have an intra-community delivery, but the buyer cannot be […]
Four people died on Monday, July 28, following a naval incident in the Musura Gulf area, Sulina Branch, where a boat capsized, according to information provided by the Tulcea County Emergency Situations Inspectorate. Among the deceased is also a child. Of the 14 people who were reportedly on the boat that capsized, 10 are being […]
Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) will immediately promote in Parliament a package of measures to reduce privileges for board members of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), with a second fiscal package to follow in coordination with the upcoming budget revision, PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu said on July 28,
Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, in an interview for G4Media on July 28, said that he will not immediately appoint another deputy prime minister to replace Dragoș Anastasiu, who resigned...
Prosecutors from Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) conducted multiple searches on July 28 in Argeș County as part of an investigation into illegal VAT refunds and money laundering worth more than EUR 9 million, Digi24 reported, citing judicial...
