Moldova is fighting a pandemic with its eyes closed. REASON for the increase in COVID deaths in recent days PUBLIC .MD
The Republic of Moldova continues to fight the COVID pandemic with its eyes closed. Although the authorities boast that they have the necessary equipment to open a laboratory for sequencing coronavirus strains, it is still not working. Until then, they arrived at the first medical Intensive Care for the classic strain of the virus, because there are no possibilities to identify the type of mutation of SARS-CoV-2 and no new protocol for treating patients. According to experts, these gaps are the basis for the increase in the number of deaths in the last seven days.
“In a year and a half of pandemic, there have been many mutations in this virus. About two mutations per month occur, only some of them have proven to be contagious and with the possibility of replicating at a rapid rate in the human body. . “, mentioned Inga Pasecinic, health expert.
Currently, two variants of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in our country – the British and the Indian, in addition to the classic one.
“In addition to vaccination to control the pandemic, advanced virus surveillance and real-time identification systems must be used,” said Inga Pasecinic.
Doctors in the Intensive Care Units claim that, at present, the disease is much more aggressive a year ago, and most who do nothing but make the disease severe, are not vaccinated.
“Patients who are admitted to intensive care appear respiratory and brain complications much faster in the first days of illness and manifest for a longer time. The hospitalization period is more than 14 days in intensive care,” said Lilia Tatarciuc, doctor resuscitator, Ungheni District Hospital.
Health experts continue to argue that the most effective control of coronavirus is vaccination.
“At the moment, new effective vaccines, but if we do not make a joint effort with everyone not to vaccinate quickly now, it could be that after several mutations that this virus will endure in a period of time because these vaccines will not . be efficient “, stated Inga Pasecinic.
Doctors who recognize when hospitals arrive in the ICU wards, do not know what strain they are infected with, and the treatment is one for everyone.
“Currently we are only doing the PCR test to detect if it is a SARS-CoV-2 infection or not, but if it is another strain we currently cannot detect it. The form of treatment is the same,” said Lilia Tatarciuc, resuscitator, Hospital district Ungheni.
Experts say that a laboratory for sequencing coronavirus strains will reduce the number of deaths. Earlier, officials from the Ministry of Health said that the Republic of Moldova has a laboratory for sequencing coronavirus strains, which will be opened in September. According to them, it was equipped with the necessary technique, provided by the World Health Organization, but a team of European experts was to come and teach our specialists how to sequence the virus. I sent a request to the Ministry of Health to find out when this laboratory will be opened, but I did not receive a response.