Romania saw record-high numbers of COVID-19
infections last week, with over 34,000 cases on Wednesday and more than 168,000
for the entire week. The number of related deaths remains lower than during the
autumn wave.
However, there are concerns related to the
transmission of the virus among children, as classes are held on-site across
the country until 75% of the hospital beds set aside for COVID patients are
occupied in any given county.
On Sunday, 3,800 children tested positive for
the coronavirus, and the total number for last week reached nearly 36,000. Kids
have become a COVID transmission vector, and the number of cases rises
exponentially from one day to the next, says the president of the Family
Doctors Association in IalomiĊ£a, Andreea Radu:
Andreea Radu: Children are known to spread the virus
very easily, because they learn and play in large groups. Although the Omicron variant
seems to cause milder forms of the disease, especially compared