Romania continues to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine without restrictions

romania continues to administer the astrazeneca vaccine without restrictions Romania will carry on its vaccine rollout with the AstraZeneca vaccine without any age restriction

A sluggish vaccine rollout or giving up vaccination altogether can make both us and those around to face some severe forms of infection. Furthermore, they can undermine that community immunity we are struggling to achieve in order to contain and do away with the toxic effects of the present pandemic.

The statement was made by military physician Valeriu Gheorghita, in charge of Romania's vaccine rollout at the end of a working meeting upon which the authorities decided to carry on the national vaccination programme by using the vaccine produced by Swedish-British group AstraZeneca. The vaccine has sparked off heated debates across Europe after the discovery of rare cases of blood clots in some patients. The Romanian authorities' decision was influenced by the major risk posed by the Covid-19 infection.

Valeriu Gheorghiţă: "As the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control put it, the COVID-19 infection is associated with a significant risk of hospitalization and death, including through thrombosis. On the other hand, the blood clots that appeared in some patients post-vaccination are an extremely rare phenomenon and the overall benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks. As a conclusion, against the present epidemiological background in Romania, it is important that vaccine rollout be carried on with all the doses available and at higher parameters.  It is very important that a higher percentage of the population get immunized as soon as possible in order to curb the negative effects of this pandemic."

Physician Valeriu Gheorghiţă has given assurances the authorities in the field and medical experts in Romania are permanently monitoring with responsibility and care all the available scientific data over the safety and efficiency of the AstraZeneca vaccine and the other vaccines authorized. According to Gheorghita, drug safety mechanisms across Europe are fully operational and we must have confidence that experts with the European Medicines Agency are closely monitoring all the side effects reported.

Asked about the ECHR announcement that compulsory vaccination may be necessary in democratic societies, Gheorghita denied that the Romanian authorities have considered this aspect adding that in Romania, vaccination is free, voluntary and done with vaccines authorized by the European Medicines Agency.

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