Romania has reported a record level of new COVID-19 infections amid slow vaccination rates. The number of positive daily coronavirus infections in the EU member state rose by 11, 049, authorities said on Tuesday. The health ministry confirmed that at least 208 people had also died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, Romania has registered more than 1.2 million cases of the virus.A low uptake of vaccines in some eastern EU nations risks overwhelming hospitals amid t

A member of the medical staff puts on an extra pair of gloves in the COVID-19 ICU unit of the Marius Nasta National Pneumology Institute in Bucharest, Romania, on Sept.... " I didn't want to get vaccinated because I was afraid," he said.... " Until now I didn't believe in COVID-19," Pica, who said his early symptoms left him sweating and feeling suffocated, told The Associated Press....