Euronews: Russia and much of eastern Europe struggle to contain COVID-19 cases
Hospitals in Romania are continuing to feel the strain, with rising numbers deaths due to COVID-19.
Medical staff are under huge pressure and patients who survived long periods in intensive care units have spoken about the mental pressures of knowing that many people around them have died.
Last week it was reported that the pace of vaccination had more than doubled after the country recorded its highest daily COVID-19 death toll since the beginning of the pandemic.
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