Health sciences

Bucharest, June 27 /Agerpres/ - A number of 522 people infected with the new coronavirus are hospitalized in the specialized health units, out of whom 92 in intensive care, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Sunday. In total, 1,888 people confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection are in isolation at home and 837 are in institutionalized isolation in Romania, GCS said.

Turkey has administered over 46.84 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in mid-January, according to official figures released on June 26.

More than 32 million people have received their first doses, while over 14.8 million have been fully vaccinated, showed the Health Ministry count.

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) has reported that in the last 24 hours 25,728 vaccine doses were administered, of which 17,861 - the Pfizer vaccine, 6,135 - Johnson&Johnson, 1,110 - the Moderna vaccine and 622 - the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Health Minister Ioana Mihaila signed on Thursday an order amending regulations for the calculation and approval of caps on medicines for human use in Romania, so as to ensure market availability in Romania of some essential medicines for patients.

In the last 24 hours there were 25,599 vaccine doses administered, of which 17,621 - Pfizer, 6,153 - Johnson&Johnson, 1158 - Moderna and 667 - AstraZeneca, according to a briefing sent by Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV). CNCAV shows that during the same interval, 11,224 people were vaccinated with the first dose and 14,375 with the second dose.

Turkey on June 23 lowered the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility age to 18, with appointments to be scheduled as of Friday, the country's health minister said.

Addressing a news conference after a meeting of the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board, Fahrettin Koca said Turkey aims to vaccinate 55 million people with at least one shot by mid-July.

A number of 60,000 doses of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Thursday at the Cantacuzino National Institute for Medical-Military Research and Development in Bucharest, the National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) informs.

Ljubljana – Commenting on the fight against coronavirus at the start of the summer tourist season, the newspaper Delo says in Tuesday’s front-page commentary that the world and the EU have made great progress so far but also many strategic mistakes.

The WHO is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to produce COVID-19 vaccines, in what President Cyril Ramaphosa called a historic step to spread lifesaving technology.

In the last 24 hours, 20,040 doses of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 were administered, of which 16,283 - Pfizer, 2,332 - Johnson & Johnson, 662 - Moderna and 763 - AstraZeneca, according to a report sent by the National Committee Coordinating COVID-19 Vaccination Activities (CNCAV).