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Another patient who had been moved from the fire-hit pavilion of the Matei Bals Institute has died, bringing the total death toll in the aftermath of the blaze to 15, according to AGERPRES. The Health Ministry was informed this morning of a death among the patients who were in Pavilion V of the Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Bucharest during the fire that broke out on January 29, 2021, the Ministry announced on Monday.
The fatality is an 89-year-old man who had been transferred to another hospital pavilion.
He was suffering from a severe form of Covid-19 and had multiple underlying conditions.
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Another patient who was hospitalized at the Matei Bals Institute in the ward affected by Friday s fire died, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday, according to AGERPRES. The Health Ministry was informed, this morning, about a death among the patients who were in Ward V of the Matei Bals National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Bucharest during the January 29 fire, the quoted source said.
According to the ministry, it is about a 70-year-old patient, transferred after the fire to the Prof. Dr. Dimitrie Gerota Emergency Hospital and who was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
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The new highly transmissible coronavirus strain that has initially been detected in the UK has been confirmed in Romania in a 27-year-old woman, the Ministry of Health informs on Friday.
According to the source, the patient is in a very good clinical condition, is in isolation at home, supervised by the family doctor, according to the methodology in force. One of the SARS-CoV-2 strains sequenced between 5 and 8 January 2021 at the Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases matches the high transmissibility variant B.1.1.7 described in the United Kingdom. In the next period surveillance by molecular epidemiology of suspicious cases will continue. (.) Given the greater contagiousness of this strain, in parallel with the National Vaccination Campaign, the protective measures remain equally important: the correct wearing of the protective mask, the avoidance of congestion, social distancing and the hygiene of the hands, the Ministry