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The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was discussed by specialists from the National Committee for the Coordination of Vaccination Activities against COVID-19 with representatives of religious confessions. The authorities consider that, being a mass action and of maximum public interest, vaccination should involve all the religious confessions of Romania, being its function to correctly inform the population. Therefore, the message must be sent to the public that vaccination is free, voluntary, safe, it is a right, not an obligation.
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On Tuesday, December 14, 2020, representatives of public authorities with responsibilities in combating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in the implementation of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and representatives of religious confessions participated in a videoconference organized by the Secretary of State for Religions. The central idea of the debate was that, being a mass action and of maximum public interest, vaccination should involve all religious confessions in Romania, from the first stages of this approach, ”he transmitted, on Wednesday, in a statement from press. , National Coordinating Committee for Vaccination Activities against COVID-19.
Among the participants were: Raed Arafat, Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Emergency Situations; Gheorghe Sorescu, Secretary of State, Ministry of the Interior; Sergiu Nistor, presidential advisor for culture, cults and minorities; Victor Opaschi, Secretary of State for Cults; Colonel Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiţă, President of the National Committee for the Coordination of Vaccination Activities against COVID-19 (CNCAV); Dr. Andrei Baciu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Health and vice president of the CNCAV.
At the beginning of the meeting, Colonel Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiţă, president of the CNCAV, presented the details of the vaccination strategy against COVID-19, as well as the principles of its organization in Romania.
He mentioned that, through this strategy, Romania aims to ensure access to vaccination in conditions of safety, efficacy and equity to prevent infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and limit the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Thus, the discussions focused on the role of religious confessions in informing citizens about the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, as well as the need for a constant dialogue between religious confessions and state representatives, a dialogue necessary for success of the vaccination campaign. shows in the statement.
The aforementioned source stated that “the correct information of the population on some aspects such as the voluntary, free and safe nature of the vaccination law, the fact that it is a right, not an obligation, is also essential for the success of the campaign “. .
“The usefulness of the Dialogue Platform between religious confessions and state representatives was valued, which will become a communication tool on the subject of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19. It was also agreed to organize these meetings on a regular basis, in order to strengthen the institutional framework for dialogue, ”the representatives of the National Committee for the coordination of activities related to vaccination against COVID-19 also transmitted.
The National Committee for the Coordination of Vaccination Activities against COVID-19 is an inter-ministerial body, without legal personality, under the direct subordination of the General Secretariat of Government and the coordination of the Prime Minister.
The president of the National Committee for the coordination of activities related to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (CNCAV), Valeriu Gheorghiţă, affirms that, if the authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is issued on December 23, the first doses could be delivered in Romania. between Christmas and New Years. He mentions that it is a symbolic section, of about 10,000 doses, intended for medical personnel.
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