Romanian hospitals fill up amid vaccine refusal
By Reuters
24 September 2021 |
1:32 pm
With the second-lowest vaccination rate in the European Union, Romania is bracing for a fourth wave of the pandemic that looks set to overwhelm hospitals where medical staff are already stretched thin.
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