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With more than 5,000 new cases, in 25,000 tests, in the last 24 hours, Romania has almost 1,300 people admitted to intensive care.
139 deaths were reported, from Friday to Saturday, from the new coronavirus, and the authorities announced that special refrigerators will soon arrive in the country to store the 10,000 doses of vaccine, destined for the medical personnel of the 10 hospitals in us, on the front line.
On the other side of the ocean, the Americans have already begun mass vaccination of doctors, on which occasion the first Romanian in America, a doctor from Constanța, established for many years in New York, was also vaccinated.
There are still 30 localities under quarantine in Romania. Some will keep the restriction regime until after the New Year. This is also the case in three localities in Ilfov, Popești Leordeni, Chiajna and Bragadiru, where the restriction period was extended for another 14 days and some of the locals were fined for not declaring at their own risk.
Some locals say the extension of the Christmas quarantine is an ordeal, others say they didn’t leave home for Christmas anyway.
Man: “It just came to our notice then. Can’t we obey the law?”
Woman: “It just came to our knowledge then. We live with the family, as in previous years.”
It reminds me of the holidays, in its entirety, of the crowds on the slopes.
Sinaia authorities met on Saturday in an emergency committee and just one day after the opening of the official winter season, it was decided that not only the gendarmes, but also the soldiers of the 21st Predeal Mountain Hunter Battalion would walk among skiers. They must ensure that tourists keep their distance and wear a protective mask.
Thus a large spiral appeared on the cable car, after people were asked to sit at a distance from each other. All cable operators are required to install colored fences and railings, and audio messages about wearing a mask will be heard at stations on the tracks. Attention, the police will also issue fines on the tracks.
The first Romanian in the US vaccinated against COVID-19
The first wave of vaccinations has begun for Americans, for front-line doctors.
Theo Trandafirescu is a pulmonologist and works in the ATI department of one of the largest hospitals in New York. He is treating patients with COVID 19 and on December 17 he received the first dose of vaccine.
Theo Trandafirescu, Intensive Care Physician: “I took the first dose two days ago, the next dose 21 days after the first. I feel fine, I have no symptoms, it is a safe vaccine. A third of the tables were not vaccinated. If we have side effects, they can intervene, for what no problem “.
He says he was the first Romanian to be vaccinated against COVID in the United States. He is the president of the Romanian Society of Medicine in New York and affirms that the US authorities impose the use of masks in public and hygiene and safety measures and those who are vaccinated, that is, the company did not relax with the introduction of the two vaccines from Pfizer companies. and more recently, Modern.
Theo Trandafirescu, intensive care physician: “We and the vaccinated can still be carriers. There is a small chance that we can transmit the virus to people close to our family.“
Reporter: “Does that mean you will wear a mask after the vaccine?”
Theo Trandafirescu: “Gives.”
In our country, also, the authorities announce that the 10,000 doses of vaccine that will arrive in Romania after Christmas will go to the 10 COVID hospitals, located on the front line, where the same authorities say that 95% of the medical personnel accepted the vaccine .
For COVID support hospitals, the percentage of those who accept the vaccine drops to 75% for doctors and 50% for nurses, while for family doctors, the percentage reaches 85%.
