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10 Aug. 2020 / 13:56

Several children from a placement center, tested positive for COVID-19

Seven children from the Placement and Rehabilitation Center for Young Children in Chisinau tested positive for COVID-19.

The first case was confirmed on July 23, to an employee. Subsequently, 15 children who came in contact with him were tested. The information was communicated by Svetlana Lupu, head of the Policy Department in the field of Hospital Health Care, writes IPN.

Svetlana Lupu specified that the institution is of medical-social profile, and the treatment of children is provided in the Center's headquarters.

"The staff of the Municipal Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases Children, which is nearby, is also participating in the treatment of children. Together with the medical team within the Center, it ensures the treatment of the children who are placed there and, respectively, their supervision. If there was a danger of aggravation, the children would have been transferred to medical institutions," said Svetlana Lupu.

Currently, 71 children are placed at the Child Placement and Rehabilitation Center in Chisinau.

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