The mission includes 43 Polish medics and 11 firefighters, in addition to a large shipment of medical equipment, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
"Understanding the needs of the Romanian health service, the Polish government decided to donate aid in the form of medical equipment and to send a medical team to Romania," the Polish foreign ministry said in a tweet on Thursday.
The aid was dispatched after Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the plan four days earlier following talks with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Romanian Prime Minister Florin Cîțu.
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk told reporters on Thursday that Romania was one of Poland's "closest strategic partners," with Warsaw and Bucharest working together "in many areas of security."
The head of the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves, Michał Kuczmierowski, said that the Polish COVID-19 aid to that country included 150 oxygen concentrators, 50 cardiac monitors and 50 ventilators, in addition to personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.
"Poland regularly sends equipment and medical supplies to other countries," Kuczmierowski said.
Romania has seen record numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths over the past two weeks as it battles a surge of the pandemic, the IAR news agency reported.
Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska told reporters that "the epidemic situation in Romania is very serious," with around 1,000 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, compared to 16 per 100,000 in Poland.
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Source: IAR