Far-right protesters in Romania reject virus restrictions
The Hindu
Daily COVID-19 infections in the European Union nation of 19 million have skyrocketed from around 1,000 daily cases a month ago to 12,590 new cases on October 2
More than 5,000 far-right protesters marched October 2 in Romania’s capital of Bucharest to reject upcoming new restrictions that authorities hope will combat an alarming surge of COVID-19 infections.
Daily COVID-19 infections in the European Union nation of 19 million have skyrocketed from around 1,000 daily cases a month ago to 12,590 new cases on October 2. That was Romania’s highest daily number of infections since the pandemic started.
The rise is putting the country’s hospitals under serious pressure as intensive care units reach near-capacity nationally.
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