Interés Humano

Cuarta ola de covid-19 conduce a Rumanía a la ‘catástrofe’

País del sureste europeo registra un sistema sanitario saturado y récord de decesos a causa del coronavirus

Medical personnel helps a newly hospitalized Covid-19 patient (R) at the "Pneumophysiology Institute Prof Dr Marius Nasta" in Bucharest, on October 7, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - In front of several hospitals, in Bucharest or in Iasi (north-east), ambulances wait for beds to become available, often following the death of the occupants, in order to be able to disembark the patients they are transporting. Thursday, 14,457 new cases were identified in 24 hours and 263 deaths, the second highest figure since the start of the pandemic, after the record of 331 deaths recorded the day before. Around 1,600 Romanians are currently awaiting a place in intensive care, according to interim interior minister Lucian Bode. "It is a medical disaster," summed up the head of the Department for Emergencies, Raed Arafat, announcing the one month extension of the state of alert in force since spring 2020. For the first times since the start of the health crisis, Romania plans to transfer patients abroad, between 200 and 300, according to an adviser from the Ministry of Health, Victor Costache. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
Medical personnel helps a newly hospitalized Covid-19 patient (R) at the "Pneumophysiology Institute Prof Dr Marius Nasta" in Bucharest, on October 7, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - In front of several hospitals, in Bucharest or in Iasi (north-east), ambulances wait for beds to become available, often following the death of the occupants, in order to be able to disembark the patients they are transporting. Thursday, 14,457 new cases were identified in 24 hours and 263 deaths, the second highest figure since the start of the pandemic, after the record of 331 deaths recorded the day before. Around 1,600 Romanians are currently awaiting a place in intensive care, according to interim interior minister Lucian Bode. "It is a medical disaster," summed up the head of the Department for Emergencies, Raed Arafat, announcing the one month extension of the state of alert in force since spring 2020. For the first times since the start of the health crisis, Romania plans to transfer patients abroad, between 200 and 300, according to an adviser from the Ministry of Health, Victor Costache. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) DANIEL MIHAILESCU

Bucarest. “He llegado al infierno”, dice Bogdan Gavanescu desde su cama de hospital en Bucarest, donde lleva dos meses luchando contra la covid-19. Rumanía atraviesa una devastadora cuarta ola, con el sistema sanitario saturado y récord de decesos.

Mientras los contagios bajan en la mayoría de la Unión Europea, este país de 19 millones de habitantes, uno de los más pobres del bloque y con una campaña de vacunación menos rápida, registró esta semana una media de 14.000 nuevos casos por día. Además, el viernes batió un récord de muertos diarios desde el inicio de la pandemia, cuando registró 385 fallecidos.

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