The government
\nin Bucharest is changing its strategy with the anti-Covid vaccination campaign.
\nThe elderly and those with chronic conditions have been given priority over
\nother categories of people. The
\nvaccination platform allowing Romanians to schedule the date of their immunization
\nwill be earmarking three quarters of its available places to the elderly and
\npeople with chronic conditions and only one quarter to those working in
\nRomania’s key sectors of activity. <\/p>\n
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Besides people above
\n65, those with chronic conditions and employees in Romania’s key sectors of
\nactivity, priority has also been given to ship crews on various sea and river
\nroutes, members of diplomatic missions, athletes participating in various
\ninternational competitions, shop assistants in food chains, farmers and local
\nadministration employees. <\/p>\n
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Last but not
\nleast, the handicapped had been added to the priority list, as well as those
\nwith low immunity and the homeless.<\/p>\n
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Heads of
\nministries, state-owned companies, the National Bank, the Ombudsman or the
\nConstitutional Court must provide a list with the key employees, the only ones
\nwith the right to get immunized in this stage. Romania’s Education Minister Sorin
\nC\u00eempeanu has announced that 126 thousand employees who might get in direct
\ncontact with the students will be prioritized for immunization until February 8th,
\nwhen the second school semester is due to kick off. <\/p>\n
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According to the
\nRomanian official, the number of teachers applying for immunization has
\nincreased. An IRES survey shows that the Romanians’ perception of the
\nanti-Covid vaccine has improved, as 4 out of 10 Romanians say they will get the
\nvaccine and only 1 out of 5 has decided otherwise. <\/p>\n
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Authorities say
\nthat at this moment, the demand for immunization is higher than the available
\nvaccine doses, but new supplies are expected in the following period so that
\neverybody can get the vaccine in the future.
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Army doctor Valeriu
\nGheorghi\u021b\u0103, coordinator of the national vaccination campaign has told a TV
\nstation that we have enough doses of vaccine for now, but the first half of
\nFebruary will be complicated. According to official data, roughly 500 thousand
\npeople have been scheduled for immunization until February 8th plus
\nthose scheduled for a second booster vaccination. According to Gheorghita, the
\nnumber of doses available will be much higher in April. <\/p>\n
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However, the US
\npharmaceutical group Pfizer has halved the quantity of anti-Covid vaccine to be
\ndelivered to some EU countries this week and Romania will get only 50% of the
\nquantity decided. The situation is going to improve gradually and is expected
\nto normalize in late March, the Romanian authorities have also announced. <\/p>\n
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(bill)<\/p>\n
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