Preparing for the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic depends on the healthcare system, but it also depends "very much" on the responsibility of every Romanian to get vaccinated, conditions that would get the risk of getting hospitalised for COVID-19 to "extremely low," even with an infection with the Delta variant, Health Minister Ioana Mihaila said on Tuesday.
She added that it is not just a matter of responsibility to the health of each person, but also to those around them.
"Any bed occupied by a COVID patient in hospitals takes the place of a bed for a chronic patient who needs, for example, evaluation or treatment. It is important not to end up in hospitals and for that it is important to get vaccinated," said Mihaila.