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. 2021 Feb 10:9:644538.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.644538. eCollection 2021.

Prospects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Romania: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Stefan Dascalu  1   2 , Oana Geambasu  3   4 , Ovidiu Covaciu  5 , Razvan Mircea Chereches  6 , Gabriel Diaconu  7 , Gindrovel Gheorghe Dumitra  8 , Valeriu Gheorghita  9   10 , Emilian Damian Popovici  11
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Prospects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Romania: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Stefan Dascalu et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

The rapid advancement in vaccine development represents a critical milestone that will help humanity tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of these efforts is not guaranteed, as it relies on the outcomes of national and international vaccination strategies. In this article, we highlight some of the challenges that Romania will face and propose a set of solutions to overcome them. With this in mind, we discuss issues such as the infrastructure of vaccine storage and delivery, the deployment and administration of immunisations, and the public acceptance of vaccines. The ways in which Romanian society will respond to a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be contingent on appropriate and timely actions. As many of the problems encountered in Romania are not unique, the proposed recommendations could be adapted and implemented in other countries that face similar issues, thereby informing better practices in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Romania; communication; public health; vaccination.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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