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Man drinks hand disinfectant 'after Trump claims it could cure coronavirus' (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 27/04/2020 17:27:03

A man was filmed drinking hand disinfectant out of a wall-mounted dispenser at an apartment in Suceava, Romania, following Donald Trump's suggestion that injecting bleach could treat coronavirus

Fireman turned bus driver 'saved countless lives' before tragic Covid-19 death (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 23/04/2020 23:12:50

Nicu Enciu, who came to the UK from Romania in search of a better life, spent more than 20 years working as a firefighter before dying alone in hospital from the coronavirus

Coronavirus: Romania issues 200,000 fines in less than a month (source — www.independent.co.uk) 23/04/2020 17:15:56

British police are estimated to have handed out 3,500 over a similar period

Romania makes millions from handing out coronavirus fines (source — www.foxnews.com) 22/04/2020 13:14:33

Romania has made millions in handing out strict fines over the past month to people who failed to comply with coronavirus restrictions.

Coronavirus: Romania hands out steep lockdown fines (source — www.bbc.co.uk) 22/04/2020 11:26:24

Romania issues 200,000 fines which are said to equal the country's corporate tax take for February.

Europe's new jobless urged to pick fruit amid huge farm labour shortage (source — www.independent.ie) 20/04/2020 09:32:35

When the coronavirus pandemic shut his restaurant German chef Patrick Mayer swapped his kitchen knives for farm tools and now spends his days harvesting asparagus – work normally done by seasonal labo...

Crops rot as Italian farmers hit by virus, drought (source — www.thesundaily.my) 20/04/2020 07:31:55

FASANO: Floriana Fanizza gazes desolately at her celery crop, lost to the coronavirus because it could not be harvested.Italian farmers are being brought to their knees by a six-week lockdown aimed at...

Romanians Gather at Their Windows to Celebrate Orthodox Easter During Lockdown (source — www.news.com.au) 19/04/2020 16:40:07

Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter on April 19 as the coronavirus pandemic forced worshipers around the world to alter their plans. In the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, people lit candles and gathe...

Fury after 180 Romanian crop-pickers who flew into the UK were not tested for coronavirus (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 19/04/2020 04:36:13

A DECISION to let East European fruit-pickers fly to Britain with no Covid-19 tests has sparked fury. A jet carrying 180 Romanian workers has landed at Stansted as the pandemic hit its peak — with up ...

Calls For Government To Pull Immigration Bill Debate Amid Coronavirus Crisis (source — www.huffingtonpost.co.uk) 18/04/2020 19:23:59

Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more.The government is facing calls to pull a debate on a controversial immigration bill from its a...

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