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"We are very worried about the situation. We had a declining trend, the number of people in hospital treatment decreased, and thanks to that, a part of that system, especially outside Belgrade, slowly started to come out of the COVID system," he said after today's meeting of directors of COVID hospitals with the Minister of Health.

President Klaus Iohannis offered condolences to the families of the patients killed in the fire that broke out Friday morning at the 'Matei Bals' Epidemiological Institute in Bucharest; speaking at noon at the fire-hit health facility, Iohannis stressed that fast conclusions and remedial solutions need to be found in this case.

Ljubljana – In light of an expected rise in the number of Covid-19 hospitalisations, hospitals are taking the necessary steps to boost the number of Covid beds. Staff shortages, particularly a lack of intensive care staff, are the crux of the problem, Robert Carotta, the coordinator for Covid beds at the Health Ministry, said on Thursday.

The government allocates nearly BGN 100 million for the medical institutions, which provide over 50% of their bed capacity for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.

The funds are also intended for repair, construction and new equipment in large hospitals.

Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Wednesday said that while hospital admissions are starting to even out with releases, the public health system is still skating on very thin ice, with Covid-19 intensive care wards at 83% of capacity nationwide.

But there will be fewer of them, because tens of thousands of Americans who could have been saved will die, writes the American magazine Atlantic.

"I kindly ask the citizens, and as of today it has been officially decided, that everyone must report to the health centers first, to do the initial diagnostics there, that is what practically stuck the work in the admission and triage clinics in the hospitals themselves," the director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic said.

The interim chair of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, stated on Tuesday that hospitals must be urgently reopened in conditions of safety for chronic patients, schools must be prepared to resume classes in the fall, and Parliament must be a dialogue partner for local authorities, regardless of political colour.

The Ombudsman announced on Friday having requested the Ministry of Health to urgently regulate the situation of admissions to and surgeries at COVID-19 support hospitals.

The Coalition of Romania's Chronically Ill Patient Organisations (COPAC) is sounding the alarm that only emergencies are still admitted to hospitals, calling on the Ministry of Health to take urgent measures "to stop patients' rights being violated." "The Coalition of Romania's Chronically Ill Patient Organisations is sounding the alarm over the continuing situation of patients' rights being vi