About 42 percent of Chisinau residents vaccinated against COVID-19

Chisinau, Dec. 23 / MOLDPRES /- About 42 percent of Chisinau residents are vaccinated.

The head of the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Health, Boris Gâlcă, declared today during the meeting of the Chisinau Municipal Council that, according to the incidence of COVID-19, the municipality of Chisinau is in yellow code of epidemiological alert. "About 42 percent of Chisinau residents are immunized against COVID-19. In Stăuceni, the vaccination rate is 70%, and in Băcioi the immunization process of the population has reached approximately 20% ", said Gâlcă.

At the same time, the official asked the residents of the capital to comply with anti-coronary protection measures, especially during the winter holidays. "Given the increase in the number of Moldovans living abroad who return to the country, the risk of infection with the Omicron strain of COVID-19 virus increases. The incubation period of the stem is 24 hours ", Gâlcă underlined.

He also announced that only the St. Michael the Archangel Hospital in the capital is dedicated exclusively to the treatment of COVID-19, the rest of the municipal hospitals having only wards to treat the infection.

Boris Gâlcă gave assurances that, in the process of immunization against COVID-19, the municipal health authorities did not use expired vaccine doses. The official mentioned that the inhabitants of Chisinau municipality very often request the Johnson & Johnson and Sputnik V vaccine, immunization sera that are deficient on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.