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  • 2020-12-15 (xsd:date)
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  • in September there were more than 400.000 tests (en)
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  • During a TV interview, aired on December 3rd, 2020, on Digi24, the former Prime Minister of Romania, Ludovic Orban, stated that during the month of November, there have been more COVID-19 tests done than in previous months. This statement is true, according to official statistics. Context Ludovic Orban, leader of the National Liberal Party, was designated Prime Minister of Romania by President Klaus Iohannis in October 2019, after the fall of Viorica Dăncilă’s Government. Three months later, the Liberal government was dismissed via a censor-motion. Given the pandemic circumstances, a new cabinet, once again led by Orban, was approved in March. His cabinet was in charge of handling the health crisis in Romania. Ludovic Orban resigned in December, due to his party receiving a lower-than-expected number of votes at the parliamentary election. Orban’s claims Not long before resigning from his position of Prime-Minister of Romania, Ludovic Orban claimed that, during the month of November, there have been more COVID tests done, compared to previous months. He proceeded to say that the number of infections has been decreasing, even though, at the beginning of the month, Romania reached a record of over 10.000 daily cases. Orban`s claim comes after general criticism regarding the low testing rate on one hand, and president Iohannis` statement that mass-testing has no proven effects, on the other hand. Moreover, Ludovic Orban stated, on Novermber 17th, that Romania has a capacity of 53.000-54.000 daily tests, but this threshold is not achieved, because there are not so many requests. Ludovic Orban`s claim, in an article published by Digi24, after the live interview I can give you some data from memory: in June (en)
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