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The emergency situation in Romania due to the coronavirus epidemic has been extended for another 30 days, so curfew and assembly restrictions remain in effect, which means that the curfew has not been lifted for the eve of New Years from 11 pm to 5 am
The interim government’s decision on this, taken on Friday, will take effect on Monday.
The epidemiological measures were detailed in a decision of the National Operational Tribe (CNSU) on Thursday. It turns out that all the above restrictions remain in force: in public places, both indoors and outdoors, it is mandatory to wear a protective mask everywhere, private celebrations and social gatherings are prohibited, no more than six people can meet on the street, stores must close no later than 9 pm and between 5 am and 5 pm there is a national curfew.
The only novelty is that in the closed lifts that operate in ski resorts, the number of passengers must not exceed half the capacity of the vehicle.
The operation of restaurants, cinemas, theaters, concert halls is still limited by local authorities depending on the proportion of new infections (diagnosed in the last 14 days) in relation to the population. If the contagion rate is less than 1.5 per thousand, they can operate at 50 percent of capacity, and if they are between 1.5 and 3 per thousand, at 30 percent of their capacity, but they must be closed at 11 pm
In settlements with an infection rate of more than 3 parts per thousand, restaurants should not be opened, except for restaurants in hotels and pensions, which can only serve guests staying there.
Market pavilions will be open, but distance control and the use of masks will be reinforced.
At the beginning of the government meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca refuted the false news that the Romanian government was preparing for another national shutdown after the spring state of emergency. He added that it is true that the spread of the epidemic has stabilized throughout the country, but there are still local pockets, 35 settlements are under bribery and the rate of infections in the capital is increasing alarmingly.
The Secretary of State for Disaster Management, Raed Arafat, confirmed at the beginning of the government meeting: Pressure is mounting on Bucharest hospitals, so critically ill coronavirus patients will need to be transferred to hospitals in other parts of the country in the next period as well.
In Bucharest, more than 9,300 infections were diagnosed five days a week, and the infection rate in two weeks exceeded 7 per thousand of the population on Friday.
According to a national report on Friday, another 6,460 people were diagnosed with the coronavirus in Romania in the last day, which is a small percentage below the average of the last two weeks. 168 patients infected with coronavirus died on the last day.
Although the number of active infections registered in Romania has decreased by 25 percent (less than 90,000) in the last two weeks, the number of hospitalized cases has decreased by less than ten percent (to 12,319) and the number of cases Serious patients treated in the intensive care unit has been drastically reduced. 1299) increased. (MTI)
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