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An elderly lady sits in a pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, as the country confirmed a record high of 18,863 new COVID-19 infections and 574 deaths in one day. Romania has the second-lowest vaccination rate in the EU behind Bulgaria âÄ” with just 34% adults fully inoculated against COVID-19, compared to the bloc average of 74%, which is stretching the country's ailing health care system to maximum capacity: more than 1,800 coronavirus patients are now in intensive care. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)