вЂњThe truth is that this pandemic wave was left to peak completely unmitigated - and the whole burden was put on the hospitals.вЂќ

The only people communicating, and very effectively, are the anti-vaxxers and the negationist movements,вЂќ Jurma said Tuesday. вЂњThere was no (government) communication strategy whatsoever, and no education strategy. Octavian Jurma, a doctor and health statistician, told The Associated Press that RomaniaвЂ™s high COVID-19 mortality rate is the result of strong-anti-vaccination movements, poor medical education and a national response that has failed to curb the health crisis. Vaccination certificates are required for many day-to-day activities, such as going to the gym, the cinema or a shopping mall. The unfolding disaster prompted authorities to impose tighter restrictions starting last week. More than 1,800 COVID-19 patients were in intensive care Tuesday. Romanian authorities said Tuesday that 541 of the 591 people who had died of COVID-19 since the day before were unvaccinated. Within the 27-nation EU, only Bulgaria has a smaller share of its population vaccinated. Only 37% of adults in Romania, a European Union member with around 19 million people, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 compared to an EU average of 75%. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania reported a record daily number of 591 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday amid a persistently low vaccination rate and a wave of coronavirus infections that has overwhelmed the countryвЂ™s ailing health care system.

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