Paramedics bring an elderly patient to the emergency-room-turned-Covid-19-unit at a hospital in Bucharest, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Paramedics bring an elderly patient to the emergency-room-turned-Covid-19-unit at a hospital in Bucharest, on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Romanian doctors issue ‘cry of despair’ amid coronavirus surge

  • The country’s health care system has ‘reached the limit’, and low vaccination rates reveal a ‘failure of trust’, medical workers say in an open letter
  • On Tuesday, Romania reported daily pandemic records of nearly 17,000 new confirmed cases and 442 deaths

Paramedics bring an elderly patient to the emergency-room-turned-Covid-19-unit at a hospital in Bucharest, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Paramedics bring an elderly patient to the emergency-room-turned-Covid-19-unit at a hospital in Bucharest, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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