A number of 132 authorized laboratories will be able to issue, starting with Thursday, fast validation Covid testing results, the Health Ministry informs in a release.
The network of units authorized to issue such results will be subsequently expanded to include pharmacies and family doctors, and the entire network of fast validation testing facilities will become operational by the end of the month.
"For the application of the Government's Decision on the extension of the state of alert in Romania starting with December 9, 2021, as well as on the measures to be enforced during this period for the prevention and combat of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Ministry and the Department for Emergency Situations announce that as of December 9, Romania's 132 authorized laboratories will be able to issue fast validation COVID-19 testing results. In a second stage, the network of facilities authorized to issue such results will be expanded to include pharmacies and family doctors," the Health Ministry said.