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Romania has called on the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for help with its immunoglobulin crisis, Health Minister Sorina Pintea announced on Monday.
According to her, calling on this mechanism was absolutely necessary.
"We began asking for data from partner countries two weeks ago. Unfortunately, we did not find the necessary answer where we looked for. We still have requests sent to various embassies, but they probably did not have the physical time to respond to those requests. I thought we were running out of time," said Pintea.
She said that monthly Romania needs 5,000 immunoglobulin vials of 2.5 milligrams.
"This week we have meetings with the producers; we have already met the distributors. I hope to reach a common denominator because I do not want this situation to linger. (...) A task force has been operational at the Health Ministry for two weeks now, trying to come up with solutions. This is really a desperate situation because there are very many patients who have not been treated in a long time," said Pintea.
AGERPRES .
