Romania’s Liberal prime minister Florin Citu announced on Wednesday, April 14, that he forwarded president Klaus Iohannis the request to dismiss health minister Vlad Voiculescu, a member of the junior coalition partner USR-PLUS. Deputy prime minister Dan Barna, co-president of USR-PLUS, will manage the Health Ministry as interim minister until his party comes up with a new proposal for this seat, according to Romania-Insider.com.
PM Citu also dismissed Andreea Moldovan, a secretary of state within the Health Ministry appointed by Voiculescu.
The PM’s decisions came after Andreea Moldovan published in the Official Gazette an order issued by the Health Ministry that sets new criteria for placing cities in Romania under quarantine. The new criteria make it easier to quarantine large cities, including the capital Bucharest, where the infection rates have been high in recent weeks, according to the local media.
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