A total of 3,425 Romanians died from COVID-19 without having any other associated illnesses, from the beginning of the pandemic until May 25, 2023, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health and quoted by News.ro. Nearly half of these deaths occurred among individuals over the age of.
For more than two
years, from February 2020, when Romania recorded its first Covid-19 case, until
March 2022, when all pandemic-related restrictions were lifted, words like
cold, viral infection and flu all but disappeared from public discourse.
All this time, both specialists and ordinary people were entirely concerned
with the Sars-CoV-2 infection. The last time Romania faced a seasonal flu
epidemic was in February 2020, right before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
After a two-year hiatus, respiratory infections, a common feature of the cold
season, are suddenly back in the spotlight, owing to their rising number. The
infamous Covid-19 waves have now been replaced by an avalanche of flu
cases. Hospitals are crowded and emergency wards are full of people with fever,
cold sweats and a cough. Doctors say Covid-19 coexists with the other types of
viral infections. But how to distinguish between them? Dr. Cătălin Apostolescu,
the manager of the Matei Balş Hospital for
The Constitutional Court of Romania ruled that an emergency order adopted in November 2020 making the wearing of face masks obligatory in outdoor spaces is unconstitutional. The order in question did not have the approval of the Legislative Council, Parliament's advisory body, the Court explained. The Court's ruling will come into force after being published in the Official Gazette. The government said it would issue an order to comply with the court's ruling as soon as the Court publishes its justification. The move comes at a time when there is increasing talk about easing, and even lifting almost all existing restrictions. The medical director of the Matei Balş Institute in Bucharest, Adrian Marinescu says face mask wearing has helped prevent infection:
"Of the measures that have prevented infection, I'm not calling them restrictive measures, face mask wearing has undoubtedly been the most effective throughout the course of the pandemic. Whether ou
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