Deputy Prime Minister Dan Barna and Health Minister Ioana Mihaila announced on Thursday the launch of the USR PLUS national campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccination, encouraging other organizations to carry out similar initiatives, agerpres reports.
He added that USR PLUS members will travel to areas with lower vaccination rates, especially in smaller cities and rural areas, and try to persuade citizens to get immunized.
Barna recommended that local authorities promote the immunization of the population in a manner similar to that in which they run their election campaign.
Minister Ioana Mihaila pointed out that the Ministry of Health strongly supports the "We get vaccinated and be done with" campaign, as does any information campaign on the importance and benefits of vaccination.