The Minister of Health announced in a press statement information about two of the most important problems facing Romania at the moment, more precisely the 6th wave of infections generated by the Coronavirus, but also the pandemic itself.
The Minister of Health says that the situation of the 6th wave of infections generated by the Coronavirus is getting better, with the constant decrease in the number of cases, but the pandemic will come out when the community transmission will disappear, and the number of deaths will decrease sufficiently globally .
"There's no playing with the numbers, and that's why we hold a weekly conference to see the number of cases that accumulate in 7 days, because it's much more relevant than a daily variation, which could be a little less precise . This week, however, compared to the previous week, we have about 14.000 fewer cases.
We have an average of about 2.000 cases less per day compared to the previous week, so it is not about the daily fluctuations, where it is very much about the tests performed, and people's interest in presenting themselves for testing. We have a situation that shows us that for 2 weeks we have had a rapid decrease in the infection in Romania, being at a reproduction rate of 0.89, sub-unit.
The number of deaths is certainly a bit higher than 3-4 weeks ago, but it is an echo, if you want, unpleasant, serious, but real of the fact that 2-3 weeks ago we had a maximum of cases. Anyway, compared to the previous wave, with the fifth wave, the number of deaths and the cumulative number of cases is lower, and this downward trend was faster.
It's not a sudden drop, it's linear. If you will see, and we have available the graph from the weekly press conference, and you will see the simulation from INSP made about 6-7 weeks ago, you will see that the graph follows very closely the simulation made by them. It is a normal cycle for a respiratory virus to which group immunity occurs.
It is still a pandemic because there is a significant number of cases on all continents, for this reason it is considered a pandemic. I don't think that the problem arises like that, normally if the number of deaths decreases very, very much, and the disease becomes endemic, without rapid transmission, with explosions of cases, the pandemic comes out."
