Romania has joined the countries administering a third
\ndose of anti-Covid vaccines to their citizens. As of Tuesday, people fully vaccinated
\nat least six months before may receive booster doses.<\/p>\n
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In a fist stage, immunisation is open to people over
\n65 years of age, chronic patients, healthcare and social assistance staff and other
\nvulnerable categories included in the national vaccination strategy. <\/p>\n
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The third vaccine dose can be given without prior
\nappointments in several hundreds of centres around the country, only with mRNA
\nvaccine. Therefore, people who have received Astra Zeneca vaccines will now get
\na third dose produced by Pfizer or Moderna. <\/p>\n
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Given that vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson serum
\nbegan on May 4th in Romania, a booster dose for those who received
\nthis vaccine is not yet necessary. The authorities announced that, alongside
\nthe third dose administration, the immunisation of people who are now choosing
\nto get vaccinated against COVID-19 continues. <\/p>\n
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Official statistics point to an alarming increase in
\nthe number of new Covid-19 cases. Between September 20 and 27, almost 48,000
\nnew cases were reported in the country, as against around 30,000 the previous
\nweek. <\/p>\n
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Dr. Gindrovel Dumitra, coordinator of the vaccinology
\ngroup in the Romanian Family Physicians Association, urged people to get the
\nvaccine, and explained on Radio Romania, what this new wave of the pandemic entails:
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Gindrovel Dumitra<\/strong>: I can see a much faster doubling
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With 33% of its population fully vaccinated, according
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Meanwhile, the government announced it would analyse
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\nof the aggregate infection rate. With previous variants, the infection rate
\nwould double every 14-21 days. We are now in a situation where the number of
\ncases doubles every 7-10 days or even sooner than 7 days. There are places
\nwhere this doubling occurs much more quickly. Personally, I am not surprised,
\nbecause as I have said over time, it was clear that the Delta variant was going
\nto spread, even though a lot of people were unconvinced, especially among coronavirus
\nsceptics.<\/p>\n
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\nto EU statistics, Romania is only ahead of Bulgaria in this respect. All its
\nfellow European countries have completed immunisation schemes for over half of
\ntheir citizens or even 80%, as is the case in France, Spain, Portugal or the
\nNordic states. <\/p>\n
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\nwhich measures taken in the other EU countries have had the biggest impact in
\nterms of speeding up vaccination, and will implement them in Romania as well. The
\nauthorities also consider making vaccination compulsory for some professional
\ncategories, such as healthcare and teaching staff. (tr. A.M. Popescu)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"