Anonymous ID: 24cf3a Aug. 8, 2022, 8:07 p.m. No.17279336   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Buttigieg, at least 14 others test positive for COVID-19 after Mackinac Policy Conference

 

Buttigieg, at least 14 others test positive for COVID-19 after Mackinac Policy Conference

Dave Boucher

Detroit Free Press

 

 

 

 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and at least 14 others have tested positive for COVID-19 after covering or attending the Mackinac Policy Conference last week.

 

In a statement issued Monday afternoon, conference organizer Detroit Regional Chamber indicated it is aware of at least 15 people who tested positive after attending the conference.

 

Buttigieg joined hundreds of politicians, business leaders, reporters and others at the conference Wednesday on Mackinac Island. He participated in multiple events unmasked, including press conferences and interviews, at times with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

 

"I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I plan to work remotely while isolating according to CDC guidelines, and look forward to when I can safely return to the office and the road," Buttigieg said.

 

Although the pair spent substantial time together, Whitmer tested negative Monday morning, said spokesman Bobby Leddy.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-nuclearelectrica-idUSKBN26T3GK

 

Romania, U.S. to sign cooperation agreements over nuclear reactors

 

Economy Minister Virgil Popescu will sign an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette for the refurbishment and the building of two new units, Zuckerman told a conference.

 

“This $8 billion project will be a paradigm for future Romanian-American economic and energy development projects,” he said, adding Popescu will also meet Exim Bank president Kimberley Reed to sign a memorandum of understanding for the financing of the nuclear units and other projects.

 

“The financing package is the largest financing package ever received by Romania to date,” he said.

 

The Romanian government, economy ministry and Nuclearelectrica did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

 

Nuclearelectrica had initially planned to build the two reactors in partnership with six European energy firms. Those firms withdrew one by one between 2010 and 2013, feeling the impact of Europe’s then debt crisis and project delays.

 

China’s CGN filed a non-binding bid to partner with Romania in the project in 2014, but the negotiations, which included price guarantees, had progressed only very slowly.

 

Nuclearelectrica, in which Romania’s economy ministry has an 80% stake, has a market capitalisation of 4.95 billion lei ($1.20 billion).