Dambovita

The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) has issued a Code Orange alert of persistent heat wave and particularly severe thermal discomfort, valid, on Monday, in 16 counties and the municipality of Bucharest, and a Code Yellow warning, valid in eight counties.

Another 13 people infected with the new type of coronavirus have died in Romania, with the number of deceased from this cause reaching 107, informs the Strategic Communication Group on Thursday. These are 11 men between the ages of 42 and 87 and two women - one 68 years old from Hunedoara and another 54 years old from Arad. * Death 95 - man, 75 years old, from Bucharest.

President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Friday in the launching event of the National Forestation Campaign called "O padure cat o tara" ("A forest as big as a country"), which takes place in Uliesti, Dambovita county. The event will also be attended by Interim Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Prime Minister-designate Florin Citu and Interim Environment Minister Costel Alexe.

The number of persons that have died until now because of the flu has reached 52, the National Centre for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases with the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) has announced on Wednesday. The last person to die of the flu is a woman aged 83 of Dambovita county, who was confirmed with type-A influenza.

Prime minister Viorica Dancila on Thursday said during her visit to the Ulmi (southern Dambovita County, ed. n.) construction site where the Arctic company is building the largest home appliance factory in continental Europe, that together with the ministers in her Cabinet she is looking for solutions for Romania "to become a more attractive place for investments."

The European Commission said on Tuesday it is providing 155 million euro ($184 million) to Romania to finance projects for modernization of water infrastructure in six counties, SeeNews reported. 

The financial support will be directed to six major projects in Arges, Dambovita, Maramures, Prahova, Satu Mare and Vaslui counties, the European Commission said in a press release.

Romania's Interior Ministry started an awareness campaign in schools on Tuesday to warn pupils, teachers and parents about the alleged risks of the notorious 'Blue Whale' online game after several recent juvenile suicides were linked to it by the media and some police - although no proof of any link has yet been established.

The National Forecaster on Sunday issued a Code Orange warning of snowfalls, blizzard and black ice for ten counties in Moldavia (eastern Romania) and Muntenia (southern), in place from 8 p.m. on Sunday till 8 p.m. on Monday.