Pandemic situation in Chisinau still complicated

Chisinau, 18 October /MOLDPRES/- Chisinau municipal hospitals are taking over about half of the total number of coronavirus patients, and the pandemic situation in the city remains complicated.

Acting head of the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Health of Chisinau Boris Gâlcă said at today's online meeting of the municipal services "the pandemic situation in the city is complicated and all the sad forecasts come true." "All municipal hospitals are involved in the treatment of patients with coronavirus. About half of the total number of coronavirus patients are treated in municipal hospitals ", said Gâlcă.

At the same time, the official said that all Intensive Care Units are overworked and urged the inhabitants of Chisinau to be vaccinated, warning that "in the face of the Delta variant of coronavirus, vaccinated people are more protected." "Coronavirus patients who go to the Intensive Care Unit have a 50 percent chance of survival, intubated people have only a 5 percent chance of life. I ask the inhabitants of the city to get vaccinated ", he said.