Dimitrie Gerota

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. "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.

The vaccination against COVID-19 of the personnel of the Ministry of Interior (MAI) working in the first line started on Friday, at the Vaccination Centre of the Emergency Hospital "Prof. Dr. Dimitrie Gerota" in Bucharest.

Interim Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca on Monday said that the authorities have made the necessary preparations to launch the anti-COVID vaccination campaign starting with December 27 and urged all citizens to trust this approach. "We have everything we need so that we can start the vaccination campaign on December 27.

Despite a mandatory requirement for police who come in contact with the citizens to wear protective gear, this doesn't happen because of the scarce supplies with such equipment, reads an appeal by the National Police Officers Union (SNAP) to Minister of Interior Ion Marcel Vela.

The Strategic Communication Group announced on Friday two more cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, confirmed in two men aged 50 and 62, respectively. According to the quoted source, the 50-year-old man is a doctor, namely the manager of the "Dimitrie Gerota" Hospital and the 62-year-old man is the patient of a gastroenterologist confirmed as being case number 30.