Almost 2,000 Romanian children aged between 12 and 15 received COVID-19 vaccine
Romania administered almost 2,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to young teenagers aged 12 to 15 in the last 24 hours, after the European Medicines Agency approved use of the Pfizer jab last week for that age group in the 27-nation European Union. The president of the National Committee for the Coordination of Anti-COVID Vaccination, Valeriu Gheorghiță, specified that most young teenagers were immunized in Bucharest – 494, the Romanian capital being followed by Cluj counties – 178 and Ilfov – 140. Valeriu Gheorghiță reminded that parents or legal guardians must give their consent for the vaccination of children and that they must accompany minors to the immunization center. For children, the vaccination schedule is similar to that of young people between 16 and 18 years, consisting of inoculating two doses administered at an interval of 21 days.
New COVID-19 cases continue to decline, as does the rate of vaccinations
The downward trend of contamination with the new coronavirus is maintaining in Romania, with the positive rate falling sharply, now reaching 0.6%. 196 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, with over 31,000 tests performed. 84 people died of COVID-19 and a total of 365 patients are in Intensive Care Units. However, the pace of vaccination is also decreasing, only over 60,000 Romanians receiving COVID-19 jabs, most of them from Pfizer, in the last 24 hours. There were also reported 28 cases of side effects. More than 128,000 doses of Moderna vaccine arrive in Romania on Friday, and there will be distributed in the capital Bucharest and in other cities of the country. Moderna’s serum is used in conjunction with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
Over 60 pilot schools will operate in Romania, as part of the PNRR
Romania will open 60 pilot schools in which students will be able to choose some of the subjects they want to study. A project in this regard has been included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), presented by the Romanian government. Along with transport and health, education is one of the areas on which PNRR is focused. The Romanian education expert Marian Staș, initiator of the education project, explained that there will still be a common core consisting of subjects mandatory for all students. „In any educational model, anarchy has no purpose, that is, it is impossible to build a model in which children do only what they want. There is always a healthy, well-thought-out balance between what everyone needs to learn, such as Romanian language and literature, or physical education, or the history of Romanians, and what we have called the curriculum, out of which the students may choose from the school’s offer their favorite subjects to comply with their dreams and aspirations”, said Marian Staş.
