Despite ranking second in cancer incidence, the state lacks advanced dedicated cancer facilities and heavily depends on a single institution -Tata Memorial Hospital -leading to issues of overcrowding.
MILAN, Italy, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Italy Healthcare Innovation Summit, an event organized by Bamberg Health, attracted healthcare professionals interested in debating and learning about
COVID-19 ROMANIA - Romania on Thursday reported over 19 thousand
SARS-CoV-2 infections over the course of 24 hours out of 78 thousand tests, a
record high since the start of the pandemic. The Group for Strategic Communication
announced another 43 related fatalities, of which 4 were reported prior to the
reference period. The previous record of infections was on October 19, 2021,
when 18,863 infections were reported in a single day. At the time 561 deaths
were also reported. Health Minister Alexandru Rafila says the COVID-related
mortality rate is at present ten times lower compared to October last year. The
Romanian official added that an innovative antiviral treatment will also be
made available shortly. 8 million Romanians have so far received at least one
dose of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine. The rate of vaccination stands at 47.5% of
the total eligible population, the head of the National Committee for the
Coordination of anti-COVID-19 Vaccination Activities, medical docto
COVID-19 ROMANIA - 16,610 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were reported on Wednesday in Romania in addition to 58 related fatalities, of which 2 were prior to the reference period, the Group for Strategic Communication has announced. Half of Romania's counties are in the so-called 'red zone' with a high incidence rate. Since the start of the pandemic, over 1.9 million Romanians got infected with COVID-19 and some 60,000 died to the virus. Against the backdrop of the anti-vaxx campaign fuelled by part of the media, a number of politicians and other public figures, Romania has the second-lowest national vaccination rates at EU level after Bulgaria.
COVID-19 WORLD - The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned global leaders that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. The WHO official warned against the misleading assumption that the Omicron strain is mild and thus less threatening. "An exponentia
ENERGY The Executive in Bucharest on Wednesday made it
compulsory to recalculate erroneously issued energy bills by non-compliance
with mechanisms of capping and subsidies. Suppliers have been given 15 days to
operate the necessary changes penalty-free, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu has
announced adding that in order to prevent any possible abuses, for the duration
of the emergency ordinance, it is illegal to go off the grid. The government
has approved a memorandum under which Romania will carry on its technical and
financial assistance to the Romanian-speaking ex-soviet Republic of Moldova in
order to support the latter s efforts to join the European Union. This support
has recently materialized into a non-reimbursable financial aid of 100 million
euros.
PROGRAM Authorities in Romania on Wednesday launched the National Program for
Combating Cancer in an event attended by president Klaus Iohannis who said the
document has realistic and measurable objec