The new variant of coronavirus has a greater impact on young people and children, said on Sunday evening, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), Raed Arafat, who specified that 30-year-olds, without other diseases, died , infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Raed Arafat stated, on Sunday evening, at Digi 24, that the new version is transmitted very easily, practically, after a contact of 2-3 minutes, it is possible for a person to become infected.
“There will be a difference between past waves and this wave. Now many have taken the risk. I didn’t have a gun before. Now we had a weapon and we had months in which we could defend ourselves much better. The fact that some have decided not to protect themselves is their choice, but it is also an assumed risk “, said Raed Arafat, according to Mediafax.
Arafat specified that there were discussions to prepare, in Romania, including intensive care places for children, in case there will be such cases.
“At this time not yet (I’m worried – no) but it is possible to reach a larger number because this has happened in other countries. Children from 7 and 6 and 5 years old also arrived at the hospital in the USA due to COVID. Children who cannot be vaccinated and who need to be protected otherwise, by having the rest of the family follow some rules, be vaccinated. Of course, this option has a greater impact on young people and children. We know that we had, unfortunately, a period ago, two deaths at the age of 30 without comorbidities, today we were talking to someone about a 25-year-old girl without comorbidities, who is in intensive care in a county near Bucharest. There are young people who end up in Intensive Care “, Arafat added.
The head of DSU insists that the only “weapon” in front of COVID is the vaccine and it is used by everyone at the moment.
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