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  • Authorities in Romania are bracing up for the Delta-driven fourth wave

    Authorities in Romania are bracing up for the Delta-driven fourth wave

    Romania has exceeded 300 daily
    infections with the novel coronavirus. In spite of the low number of infections
    and the fact that the Delta variant hasn’t yet spread as expected, there are still
    reasons for concern in Romania. Medical authorities here are expecting
    infections with the Delta variant to be on the rise as the number of those
    fully vaccinated has barely reached five million.






    The latest data points to a rising
    number of infections with the novel coronavirus among people below 40, while
    the average age of those killed by the virus has also gone down, from 71 to 69.
    Physician Valeriu Gheorghita, who coordinates Romania’s vaccine rollout, has
    cautioned that although the number of cases remains low, the infection rate is
    steady and progressive. Under a worst-case scenario, in the second half of
    September, Romania could have over 15 hundred daily infections.






    Valeriu Gheorghita: Pessimistic scenarios point to a potential
    increase in the number of infections next month, when we are going to see a
    higher number of daily cases, 15 hundred, 16 hundred in the second half of
    September. Now we are having 9.3 infections per thousand in 14 days but we
    expect this number to double in the next two weeks.






    Valeriu Gheorghita has reiterated that
    the only solution for the containment of this pandemic is vaccination, which can
    protect citizens from severe forms of illnesses.


    In another development, the ruling
    coalition convened on Tuesday to find ways to step up the vaccine rollout in
    this country, which may even include meal vouchers for those fully vaccinated. According
    to Health Minister Ioana Mihaila, these vouchers will be somewhere around 20
    euros.






    Stronger immunity allows citizens
    to better cope with the upcoming Delta-driven fourth wave, but it is the
    responsibility of every Romanian to get the jab in order to minimize the risk
    of being admitted to hospital, the Health Minister went on to say. According to
    her, people must be responsible not only for their health but also for those
    around. ‘It is important to avoid hospital treatment, which may lead to
    overcrowded hospitals and for this we must get the vaccine’, Minister Mihaila
    also added.




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  • A quarter of Romania’s population vaccinated

    A quarter of Romania’s population vaccinated

    Over 4 million
    people in Romania have received at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine,
    which accounts for more than a quarter of the country’s eligible population, of
    16 years of age and above. Out of these over 19% have got the booster dose,
    while 6% only the first jab, according to data the national vaccination
    platform posted on its Facebook page on Thursday. 12 million people with ages between 40-49,
    who are making the majority, and between 16 and 19 are still to be immunized.




    Capital city
    Bucharest with 36% and Cluj in north-western Romania, with 33% are topping the
    table with the largest number of people vaccinated with at least one dose. Next
    come the counties of Sibiu and Brasov, in central Romania, and also Timis in
    the west.

    The regions
    at the bottom of the ranking are Giurgiu in the south, Botosani in the
    north-east and Suceava in the north, the last with less than 12% people
    vaccinated.

    The vaccine
    rollout continues at a pace of roughly 100 thousand people vaccinated a day,
    being stepped up of late by novel vaccination methods. Authorities have
    scrapped the planned lists on the national vaccination platform allowing the
    Romanians to get the jab only by producing an ID. Drive throughs and the
    so-called vaccination marathons have largely contributed to the successful
    vaccine rollout. Mobile units have been dispatched to remote areas and
    vaccination points have been opened on the premises of major enterprises around
    the country.




    Family
    physicians have also joined the vaccination efforts making available the
    vaccine to their patients. According to Romania’s Minister of Labour and Social
    Protection, Raluca Turcan who has visited several rural regions, people in the
    countryside, mainly those in the vulnerable categories, have not been
    vaccinated yet although they want to.


    According to the
    minister, mobile units would be a solution to this issue particularly for those
    who cannot afford the transport to a remote vaccination center.


    ‘At present
    the best investment is vaccination and the state allots all the necessary
    resources so that everybody may benefit this facility’, presidential adviser
    Cosmin Marinescu said on Thursday.




    According to
    the Romanian official, it is important to understand that vaccination is the
    key to the resumption of all activities so that the economy may recover and we
    all return to normality. In another development, the government is to kick off
    a new information campaign on vaccination, which comprises three videos and an
    audio advertisement.




    ‘We are
    targeting those who are still reluctant, those who are concerned about the idea
    of vaccination, who need more arguments, besides those medical or scientific,’
    says the president of the National Committee for the coordination of Romania’s
    vaccine rollout, Valeriu Gheorghita.







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  • May 14, 2021

    May 14, 2021

    COVID-19 Roughly 3.8 million people have been
    vaccinated in Romania and two thirds of them have got the booster dose. All the
    Romanian territory is now in the so-called green zone as the epidemic has been
    contained in most of the regions. According to the Strategic Communication
    Group, the infection rate dropped to 1.30 per thousand in Bucharest and the
    number of vaccinated people has exceeded one million. On Thursday the country
    received 128 thousand doses of the Moderna vaccine, which are being distributed
    across the country whose citizens can now get a jab without having to register
    beforehand. Vaccine rollout is carried on in all the country’s centers,
    including in its 10 drive-throughs. Another 950 new infection cases were
    reported on Thursday and 75 patients have died in the past 24 hours. 830
    patients are being treated in IC units.






    PLAN In its National Recovery and Resilience plan
    (PNRR) Romania has included a series of reforms in several key areas and its
    pledges have been well-received in Brussels, the country’s Prime Minister
    Florin Citu says. According to the head of the Bucharest executive, the plan is
    credible and doable and the cabinet members must work hard in the forthcoming
    period to complete the projects that are to be funded. During the visit it has
    recently paid to Brussels, the Romanian Prime Minister has assured the EU officials
    of Romania’s commitment to implementing the reforms comprised in the ruling
    programme, in the fiscal-budgetary strategy, as well as in the convergence
    programme. Romania has pledged to present its PNRR by the end of May, with a
    one month delay against the initial time scheduled by the European Union. Half
    of the EU members have so far presented their national plans for funding.






    POLL 45% of the Romanians intend to change their
    job after the pandemic, shows a recent poll conducted by an online recruiting
    platform. The main reason of the respondents is a higher pay. 11% want to go
    through a professional retraining programme whereas 9% are ready to leave the
    country. The categories standing most chances to find a job are IT experts and
    qualified workers.






    TRAVEL Foreign Ministers from Central Europe have
    recently tackled in Bratislava the idea of free travel after the end of the
    coronavirus pandemic. The participants have agreed that during the holiday
    season, vaccinated people from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria
    and Slovenia be allowed to travel freely to the other countries. Authorities in
    the USA have lifted indoor mask mandates for vaccinated citizens as 35% of the
    country’s population has got either the two-jab, or the single-jab vaccine. 161.8
    million infections have been reported the world over so far and 3.3 million
    people died, according to data released by worldmeters.info. Most of the
    fatalities have been registered in the US, India and Brazil.






    TALKS The Romanian
    government is to convene in Bucharest today for talks over the relaxation
    measures to come into effect as of May 15th. The executive’s session is
    preceded by a meeting of the National Committee for Emergency situations, which
    is expected to come up with a series of relaxation measures, such as lifting
    outdoor mask mandates with the exception of crowded places as well as the night
    curfew. Shops are expected to return to their pre-quarantine timetables. The next
    relaxation stage is expected to be implemented as of June 1st.




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