11/05/2021 08:40
Health Minister Ioana Mihaila, signed on Monday an order for the diagnosis of COVID-19 using rapid antigen tests in pharmacies. According to a press statement released by the Ministry of Health, pharmacies can opt for the testing after obtaining a temporary approval issued in electronic format by the county public health directorates and the Bucharest public health directorate. The approval is valid for six months, and pharmacies can request successive six-month extensions. Training the staff involved in the testing activity will be organised free of charge by the Romanian College of Pharmacists, in collaboration with the Order of General Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Assistants of Romania, based on a training procedure subject to a collaboration protocol approved by the Ministry of Health that will be concluded 10 working days of the date of publication of the order in the Official Journal, at the latest, the release reads.
26/04/2021 13:34
The incidence of COVID-19 cases fell below 3.5 per thousand inhabitants in Bucharest, reaching 3.46 on Monday, according to the Bucharest Public Health Directorate, and the Prefect Alin Stoica announced that he had convened the Municipal Committee for Emergency Situations, reports agerpres. According to the law, the restrictions on the opening hours [of shops] and on the movement outside the home on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays no longer apply at an incidence below 3.5 (.) We have already convened a Committee for Emergency Situations meeting, we ask the opinion of the health authorities and we will take a decision, the Bucharest prefect told Digi 24.
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The Health Ministry organized a meeting on Monday with the representatives of COVID hospitals and COVID support ones in Bucharest on increasing the number of ICU beds, medical sources told AGERPRES.
According to the same sources, the meeting is attended by Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu, as well as representatives of the Department for Emergency Situations and the Bucharest Public Health Directorate.
Another meeting with representatives of the county hospitals and of the National Institute of Public Health is to take place on Monday, most likely starting with 11:00, the quoted sources specified.
On Sunday, at the meeting of the National Center for Management and Coordination of Intervention, Prime Minister Florin Citu requested the identification of new hospitals to join the existing ones in the fight against COVID, the increase to 1,600 the real number of ICU beds, the provision of the necessary stocks of medicines and the continuation of vaccination at full