COVID-19 Center at Moldpexpo to be reactivated

Chisinau, January 10 / MOLDPRES /- Chisinau authorities predict an increase in coronavirus cases the next period and announce the reactivation of the COVID-19 Center in Moldexpo.

Social assistance and health department head Boris Gâlcă said at today's online meeting of the municipal services that the city hall will reactivate the COVID-19 Center at Moldexpo to speed up the triage of patients suspected of the new coronavirus. "We are confident that after the winter holidays we will see an increase in the number of COVID-19 diseases in Chisinau. The reactivation of the COVID-19 Center at Moldpexpo is part of the municipality's measures in response to a future wave of coronavirus, which, due to the mobility of citizens, will occur ", he said.

Moldovan state cannot be an exception to what is happening in the region. "The Republic of Moldova cannot be an exception. We are seeing an increase in the number of coronavirus infections in the region. The increased mobility of the population before the holidays, the trips to and from Moldova will make possible the spread of Omicron wave in Chisinau, we must be prepared ", he said.

At the same time, the official said that the vaccination of the city's inhabitants will continue. "Our main goal is to vaccinate about 70% of the city's population by April," he said.