Pharmaceuticals policy

The turnover of Romanian drug manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies was 66.6 billion lei in 2020, up 2.6 percent from 2019 and over 100 percent higher compared to 2010, shows a survey by KeysFin - one of the most important providers of business information solutions in Romania - based on Finance Ministry figures.

One person died.
There are 8 patients on respirators, out of 305 hospitalized.
Experts have been calling for days to respect measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and appeal to young people to respond to vaccination because that is the only way to bring the epidemic under control.

By Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia

The latest developments in the course of the pandemic mandate compulsory, universal vaccination of the entire population of our country in order avoid the phenomena of the previous stages of the pandemic.

Thousands of anti-vaccine demonstrators protested in Greece's two largest cities Wednesday against plans to make coronavirus vaccines available to children 15 and older.

The protests took place outside parliament in central Athens and in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

Following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis national address in which he announced compulsory vaccination for doctors and healthcare workers, Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias today announced that those who do not comply will be suspended from work and docked pay.

With rampant anxiety over the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, Prime Minister Mitsotakis today in a televised address announced the compulsory vaccination of public and private sector doctors and healthcare workers by September, as well as of employees at old-age homes, who will be suspended if not vaccinated by 15 August.

Some universities' approach toward the vaccination of their students as the new academic season nears has stirred a legal debate in Turkey, with some experts arguing that making inoculation mandatory on campus violates the constitution.

Amid the decline in virus cases and fast-tracked vaccinations, universities across the country are planned to reopen starting Sept. 13.

Ljubljana – Exponential growth in coronavirus infections presages a new Covid-19 wave that could continue into autumn, said the head of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), Milan Krek. He and infectious disease specialist Mateja Logar warned about imported cases, especially in light of the highly-contagious Delta strain, calling for vaccination.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša has called for joint efforts to convince people to get vaccinated against coronavirus as he warned that a vaccination rate of 70% would have to be achieved until the end of the summer if Slovenia is to avoid new lockdowns.

Poll by MARC for Proto Thema – 65% in favour of mandatory vaccination for certain professionals