Chisinau running out of hospital beds for Covid-19 patients - mayor
CHISINAU. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Chisinau is running out of hospital beds designated specifically for patients with the coronavirus infection, Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban said.
"We are in a critical situation concerning beds at municipal hospitals," Ceban said at a daily meeting at the city administration on Monday. "Among those hospitalized at municipal hospitals, there are currently 1,067 patients with coronavirus, 48 of whom are in critical condition. The maximum number of hospital beds in the city is 1,163," he said.
Chisinau still has a Code Red in place as concerns epidemiological danger, and Chisinau accounts for nearly half of all active infections in the country, Ceban said.
"On Friday, February 12, we activated another 130 beds for Covid-19 patients at City Clinical Hospital. Almost all those beds were occupied last weekend. Other municipal hospitals admitting patients with Covid-19 are in the same situation. All beds are occupied. Bed availability in intensive care units is the biggest problem now," he said.
Chisinau hospitals are admitting patients from all over Moldova, Ceban said. "In addition, Chisinau accounts for 50% of daily cases of Covid-19 out of the overall number of tests," he said.
Earlier on Monday, the National Public Health Emergency Commission extended the national public health emergency until March 15. The commission is also considering tighter measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Since the start of the epidemic, Chisinau has recorded 72,272 cases of Covid-19, 67,480 patients have recovered, and 1,170 others have died. Moldova has recorded a total of 170,186 Covid-19 cases; 157,427 of these patients have recovered, and 3,651 have died.
