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The Minister of Health, Nelu Tataru, on Friday evening explained why mortality is very high in Romania in patients infected with the novel coronavirus, showing that the authorities report all deaths caused the virus or by decompensation of pathologies concomitant with the SARS-CoV-2.
Asked why Romania ranks second in mortality in Europe, given that there are more cases of infection in other countries than in our country, Nelu Tataru replied: "We are effectively reporting everything that means comorbidities. We have also seen the other reports. For instance, there are some countries that report only deaths from SARS-VOC-2 without comorbidities or deaths by decompensation of these comorbidities. We have chosen to report all deaths that are caused by SARS-CoV-2, and also the decompensation of the concomitant pathologies through the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and the death being from those causes."
Regarding the possibility of establishing quarantine, the Minister of Health stated that "it is decided at the local level."
"We are not going on a state of emergency, we are going on those measures taken locally for each locality, depending on the evolution, depending on the existing outbreaks or outbreaks that are already isolated," Tataru said.
