Arafat: “There is a slight decrease in the epidemic.” What about the reopening of shopping malls?

At the same time, he says that in Romania we have a transmission rate of 0.9 and that the opening of the economy must be done with strict rules.

“There is a slight decrease (…) The signs are positive, but it is not conclusive that we are still and that everything we do from now on, the virus has disappeared. It is not gone, the virus is among us. ( …) From our point of view, the virus exists, infections will be, vulnerable people have remained vulnerable, if the elderly do not behave in a protective way by themselves, if they become infected, the danger is much greater. families need to understand well: we send children to the streets, but then they must stay away from their grandparents because they can transmit the disease. We had a transmission rate of 0.9, that’s what my colleagues from the INSP told me. I don’t know how much it is now exactly, but it was like that at one point, “Raed Arafat said on Digi 24 on Wednesday night, according to News.ro.

Arafat says closing schools was a precautionary measure, given that children in particular are vectors of the virus.

“The fact that we kept the schools closed, just to avoid the vector of transmission from children to families. But now people come and ask: ok, but in the camp, in the club? When we get to the camp, we’ll see It was not in vain that the decision was made to keep the school closed until 15. The first steps to take are those with limited risk. After that, start taking other relaxation steps. The risk is that if all the measures at the same time is that we are going to take serious closure measures. Serious measures have a great impact on the economy. The opening of the economy must strictly comply with certain rules, “said Arafat.

When asked about the opening of shopping malls, the secretary of state said the reopening of movie theaters and food court areas is excluded.

“It will be discussed at CNSSU. The cinemas are excluded from having, the food court also, this is the space where it was considered a major risk. Laundries, medical optics, were kept open. We will analyze what small stores mean, they will analyze the epidemiologies, if it’s good as of now, June 1 or later, “Arafat said.

The Secretary of State also says that the CNSSU may make some decisions regarding future restrictions.

“Clearly, some proposals (from the Alertness Act – nr) are under pressure from some entities, some groups. We need to see how we solve this problem. I saw that there are places where they say they can, which means that the CNSSU you can say no, like the terraces. If you write can or can, that means we have room to discuss, “said Arafat.