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Sub-prefect Rareş Macrea stated on Wednesday evening that health authorities are considering quarantining the Sibiu municipality, as a result of the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
“You realize that we are taking this into account and public health specialists will find the best methods to prevent this sudden evolution in Sibiu. And yes, quarantine is one of the options, but we will not accept it here. The proposals are absolutely technical and are made by the DSP, ”said Sub-prefect Rareş Macrea, asked by journalists if he takes into account the quarantine of the Sibiu municipality.
DSP Sibiu director Gabriel Budescu confirmed that he requested the quarantine of the Sibiu municipality.
“At this time, the Public Health Directorate did a risk analysis for certain localities in Sibiu County and sent it to the National Center for Public Health for an opinion. (…) Through this risk analysis, yes, it is proposed to quarantine some towns in the county of Sibiu, including the municipality of Sibiu ”, explained Budescu, according to Agerpres.
Local authorities urgently gathered Wednesday afternoon in a meeting where they decided that the Sibiu Psychiatric Hospital should take care of COVID-19 patients suffering from mental illness.
Sibiu County has the highest infection rate in Romania, more than 7 per thousand inhabitants, most of the cases in Sibiu, according to official data.
Publisher: GC
