BUCHAREST – A 104-year-old Romanian woman once won the COVID-19 vaccine, the older user in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, to be fully vaccinated against the disease.
Accompanied by her parents who helped her enter the Bucharest Children’s Palace, Zoea Baltag, born in 1916, received her moment dose of the pfizer vaccine on Sunday and stated that it was the way to combat the pandemic.
“A vaccine is the way to get rid of this virus,” he said.
The pandemic had forced the centenary, whose granddaughter is a and convinced her to be vaccinated, to spend a year physically away from her loved ones.
“I missed my great-grandson a lot, I need to see him grow up. I couldn’t be with my grandchildren because I’ve stayed away from them until now, so I wouldn’t threaten to get the virus. Everyone in the family circle is vaccinated now, now we can spend the holidays together,” he said.
Baltag, who was born two years before the Spanish influenza pandemic, gave the impression of being witty and reported no side effects after receiving his first Pfizer vaccine.
When asked if she would like to send a message to other Romanians, Ms. Baltag said, “It’s time to get vaccinated, it’s the only way. “
The local government with a plaque to commemorate his vaccination.
Like many European countries, Romania is now dealing with a third outbreak of the virus. On Sunday, the country reached a record number of patients treated in extensive care units.
Romania, a country of more than 19 million people, administered more than 2. 8 million doses of vaccine and recorded 23,114 virus-like deaths.
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