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Allow them to impose tariffs and increase russia's economic isolation and retaliation for the invasion. it comes days after the president moved to ban imports of russian oil and gas products. moments ago, vice president kamala harris left warsaw, poland for bucharest, the capital of romania. part of her effort to demonstrate american support for nato allies, particularly those in eastern europe with ukraine. she is set to meet with romanian's president to advance coordination in response to russia's war here and to offer support as romania is now welcoming thousands of refugees that are flee...

Their own capacity. wolf. >> kylie atwood at the state department. according to the united nations, nearly 10 million people in ukraine have now been displaced since russia started its invasion about four weeks ago. more than 3 million of those people have actually fled ukraine entirely to neighboring countries, with many relocating to neighboring romania, for example. that's where cnn's miguel marquez is, in romania. so, miguel, what's the situation there tonight? >> reporter: yeah, the humanitarian crisis just growing, wolf. half a million ukrainians have fled to romania. most of them have m...

People were gathered in an anti-lockdown demonstration. social media video showed heavily armed police using water cannons. here in vienna on saturday, 40,000 protesters gathered against a vaccine man tate. still, european leaders say restrictions are needed to curb infections. >> reporter: i'm ben wedeman in bucharest, row main ya, a country with some of the lowest vaccination rates and which recently saw saw some of the highest covid mortality rates on earth. the numbers are starting to go down. yet the deposit, sensitive to violent opposition elsewhere in europe to new lockdowns is consider...

So the main driver of the illness and still a thousand deaths a day in the u.s. is the failure to reach every corner of the country and get that last 30% of the country vaccinated. it's also true that it does appear that vaccine-induced immunity wanes in time. when you're eligible for a booster, get one. but the vaccines are extremely effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death. >> let's get more on the story of the latest in jerusalem. ben wedeman in bucharest and jim in paris. jim, i'm hearing the austrian government is expected to announce a lockdown for its entire pop...

Die. but that message just doesn't seem to be getting through. now, the numbers are starting to go down here, but doctors and medical personnel say they are bracing for a fifth wave of the disease, isa. >> you can only imagine how frustrated those doctors must be. ben wideman in bucharest. thanks very much, ben. in jerusalem, a recent uptick in transmission rate, that might mean a new spike really on infections. help us make sense of why we're seeing this, why we're seeing a rise in the r rate here. >> reporter: yeah, isa, israel is often seen as a glimpse into the future of coronavirus beca...