The Romanian government announced a series of new urgent measures that were imposed by the 5th wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, and this just a few days after other new measures were announced that were meant to increase the level of testing, which in exchange also brought the figures of today in Romania.
"Urgent measures in Bucharest and Ilfov to increase accessibility to COVID-19 testing and to reduce the waiting time for patients requesting home testing
In a 24-hour interval, on the territory of Romania, 34.255 positive people with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were registered, out of a total of 108.937 RT-PCR and antigen tests performed.
The positivity rate is 31,44%.
Increasing the testing capacity and testing in particular people with an increased possibility of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 have the role of detecting the disease in time, with the aim of providing rapid treatment to those who have contacted COVID-19, but also for to prevent, as much as possible, the increased spread of the virus, by limiting the contacts that virus carriers have with other people.
To support this activity, people who have symptoms that may indicate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (fever, cough, fatigue, headache, loss of taste and smell, etc.) are asked to call their family doctor, call centers DSP or single emergency number 112 to request testing.
Also, people who show symptoms and are in Bucharest or Ilfov county can travel with their own means, not with public transport, to the centers specially created for collecting samples for testing COVID-19.
People who test positive can go to the COVID-19 assessment centers to receive the necessary consultation and treatment.
Attention: if you have severe forms and the symptoms manifest aggressively, call the single emergency number 112.
We remind you that public health specialists claim that vaccination remains the most effective method of preventing serious forms of COVID-19 and deaths.
In fact, today among the 692 people hospitalized at ATI, 585 are unvaccinated people.
Also, of the 94 registered deaths, 77 occurred in unvaccinated patients."
