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. 2022 Jun 30;10(7):1223.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare10071223.

The COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania: A Comparative Description with Its Border Countries

Bianca Georgiana Enciu  1   2 , Alina Andreea Tănase  3 , Anca Cristina Drăgănescu  4   5 , Victoria Aramă  5   6 , Daniela Pițigoi  1   5 , Maria-Dorina Crăciun  1   7
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania: A Comparative Description with Its Border Countries

Bianca Georgiana Enciu et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major public health problem in most countries of the world, especially in developing countries with an underfunded healthcare system. We aim to present a comparative profile of the epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania and neighboring countries, which have similar onset and a similar socio-cultural pattern. A descriptive comparative study was performed using COVID-19 data collected from various official websites regarding demography, morbidity, mortality, vaccination, and testing capacity. The countries included in the study were Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, and Ukraine. The study period was from week 09/2020 to week 46/2021. Overall, these countries have reported 8,382,441 cases and 216,014 deaths (during the study period). The highest cumulative incidence rate of cases has been recorded in Serbia (17,801.5) and the highest mortality rate has been recorded in Bulgaria (391.0). Romania is in fourth place regarding the cumulative incidence rate of cases/100,000 inhabitants but in third place regarding the mortality due to COVID-19 (case-fatality rate of 3.1%). Although the World Health Organization and EU co-ordinate the COVID-19 response, each state makes its own decisions regarding SARS-CoV-2 mitigation measures, the epidemiological indicators directing us about the effectiveness of responses.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Romania; border; characteristics; vaccines.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by country [11,12,13].
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Figure 2
The distribution of cumulative incidence rate of cases at 14 days by country, week 9/2020-week 46/2021.
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Figure 3
The distribution of mortality rate at 14 days by country, week 9/2020-week 46/2021.
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