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The head of the Department of Emergency Situations, Raed Arafat, explained on Friday night to Digi24 that this year, in the context of the pandemic, the Christmas and New Year holidays are no longer conceivable like last year, and those that They used to make reservations abroad warns them that it could be a risky business and that you risk losing your money.
“Look around us, all countries are taking serious action, no joke,” said the secretary of state.
When decisions will be made
Asked how they will be Christmas holidays This year, since Easter was not allowed for believers to enter churches, Raed Arafat stressed that it is very difficult to say now what it will be like in December and that it depends on how the epidemiological situation evolves. Decisions will most likely not be discussed until November.
“I think such decisions will be discussed in November – what is the situation, what will the measures be, how will the measures be, where will a certain activity or another be carried out. Do not forget that it is the appearance of the churches at Christmas and after that we have all the restaurants that organize New Year’s Eve and that The pressures will begin that they want to organize New Year’s Eve like every New Year’s EveArafat said.
„New Year’s Eve parties like in other years, I don’t think we’ll get to that. Now, as in other years, it is still too early. I say it now, with full responsibility: now that the New Year’s Eve party on December 31 is like the one on December 31, 2019, I don’t think so! I do not think so!“- stressed the head of DSU.
“The norms should be discussed on the basis of epidemiological developments, and in any decision made, the main interest is the public interest and the interest in the field of public health. The thinking of the authorities is of general public interest, Even if one or the other is upset, the public interest of the majority is at stake here. When a measure is taken, the general public interest is looked at, not the individual interest. We are looking at the general protection of the population and it will be in the next period, which will not be an easy period, ”said Raed Arafat.
Holidays at home preferably!
Raed Arafat was asked what he would advise Romanians who in other years during this period were already looking for deals for New Year’s Eve and said he would keep the same advice he gave before the summer holidays: “Preferably holidays at home.” Next, the official explained why he gives this advice: “So that you don’t wake up in the situation that you have to cancel your ticket, that you have to cancel your reservation, that you do not get your money back.”
“Sorry, I know that not everyone will agree with what I say now, especially those who organize trips abroad, but look now. Now everything is fine, in 10 days a country will come and tell you: those who come from Romania – 14 days in quarantine, those who come from France – 14 days in quarantine, etc. and you wake up in a situation where you can’t go on vacation anymore. It is risky to plan your New Years Eve out now, without a doubt, that is the reality. If I do not say this, it would mean that I am deceiving people, because there is a possibility that serious measures will be taken at that time and then we will have to follow the epidemiological evolution. If we see that everything is going wrong and everything is perfect, which I doubt it is, then it’s fine. But if we see that the figures in Europe are high, we see that there are serious situations, that European countries are taking serious measures, and that serious measures are being taken, there are countries that have begun to take total blockade measures. It’s debatable, but those steps are being taken! “Raed Arafat said.
A vaccine, which is unlikely to appear by the end of the year.
He said everything could start to change once a licensed and tested vaccine appears. However, the director of DSU is skeptical that such a vaccine could appear in November, so that it can be distributed, but the first quarter of next year would be a more realistic deadline, because there are already some promising vaccine variants.
Only then, “slowly, will it be possible to get out of the situation we are in, but it will take a few months,” said Raed Arafat.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
