Chairman of Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) Valeriu Gheorghita says that according to healthcare officials' estimates, Romania this August will get closer to a 50-percent threshold of heard immunity against COVID-19 that includes vaccinated persons and COVID-19 survivors, agerpres reports.
He added that, according to specialists' estimates, this August Romania will get to a threshold of herd immunity.
"Our estimates are that somewhere this August, on August 1, we will reach the threshold of herd immunity, meaning about 50% of both vaccinated persons and COVID-19 survivors," said Gheorghita.
He added that the vaccination targets are 5 million people immunised by late May, 6 million in July and 7 million in August.
He said the current epidemiological development nationwide is good, but there is a need to consolidate the favorable trend.
"Taking into account the estimate, the epidemiological developments in the number of cases, fortunately the epidemiological situation nationwide is a good one, but we need to consolidate this favourable trend and fulfil the long-term prediction that by vaccination the number of people susceptible to infection decreases and we should no longer have the risk of epidemiological relapse after we gradually and progressively ease up on all these restrictions," said Gheorghita.