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Sorin Cimpeanu, who on Wednesday cleared hearings by Parliament's specialist committees to become the minister of education, said on Wednesday that Monday, November 29, might be declared a paid vacation day, and December 2 would be the first day for in-person instruction at schools in areas where the 14-day COVID-19 reporting rate drops below 3 per 1,000 population, agerpres reports.
According to him, 90% of students and preschoolers have so far been able to get in-person instruction once the rate has dropped.
"I know that yesterday nationwide [the rate] was 2.88, today in Bucharest it is 2.87 (...) and I also know that yesterday there were only 11 counties where the rate exceeded 3 per 1,000 population. Arad was at 4.56 per 1,000, the highest rate. So it is possible that next week the rate will fall in the vast majority of counties, below 3 per 1,000," Cimpeanu concluded.
