What does alertness mean and for what period can it be set? You no longer have to be quarantined when coming from abroad / The terraces can be opened

These are the main rules that can directly affect you. What is established by the Law that establishes the alert status of May 15 (Law on some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the pandemic COVID -19).

• Alertness is declared locally and nationally and can be extended, but not more than 30 days. In these conditions, we can say that the alert state cannot last more than 60 days. This problem was not in the original form of the Executive draft.
• During the alert state, the activity of restaurants, hotels, terraces can be suspended. Instead, drinks and food can be served on the terraces if the sanitary protection regulations are respected.
• Romanians entering the country are exempt from institutionalized isolation and quarantine if they present a certificate issued by a doctor stating that they are negative for Covid-19. The certificate must be translated into Romanian and must be issued in advance with a maximum of 48 hours. If you come from the Republic of Moldova, you only need a certificate.
• Also, if you suspect Covid-19, it may be isolated or quarantined.
• You will need to wear face masks that cover your nose and mouth at all stations, bus stations, ports, airports, and subway stations, as well as on any form of public transportation.
• The mall’s stores remain closed, but there are exceptions. Stores will be opened in shopping malls with an area of ​​less than 15,000 square meters. Individual stores in shopping malls must be 500 square meters each.
• Stores in malls where electronics and appliances are sold remain open, only if the seller can deliver the products to the home. These stores must also have separate access through the exterior of the mall.
• All of the stores in the mall are also open if they provide access from the street. Pharmacies, supermarkets, dry cleaners, medical optics services are also open.
• Dental offices and personal care centers (beauty salons, hairdressers, etc.) are open on alert. Employees must wear masks.
• When entering public institutions, you should know that your temperature will increase.
• And on alert, the employer has the right, with your consent, to direct you to work from home or to change your work schedule or even your duties.
• Heads of public institutions who are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 (eg, Hospitals, DSP) may interrupt employee rest leave, unpaid leave, or study permit.
• Collective bargaining agreements are extended during the state of alert. They will be valid for another 90 days after the alert ceases. However, the negotiation of the contract can start within 45 days after the end of the alert state.
• The law also establishes which acts represent an infraction, as well as the fines for each case. The fines vary from 500 lei to 15,000 lei. The infractions and fines were introduced through amendments to the Legal Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and were detailed so as not to repeat the situation with the fines of the state of emergency, declared unconstitutional because they were too general.
• The government can find special support measures for employers and employees. Vulnerable employees must also be protected.
• The bill also states that if you work under copyright and lose your job due to the epidemic, the government can establish special measures for you.
• If you work in the energy field, in hospitals, on public television, on public transport or even in sanitation, you are not allowed to launch protests on alert.
• For Romanian employees who will work abroad, the Government is obliged to find special protection measures.
• Restrictions and measures are imposed on air, sea and land transport. The measures will be determined by the National Emergency Committee. With respect to air transportation, authorities may impose restrictions on surface hygiene and disinfection. This is also true for trains.
• Courses in schools and colleges are suspended. This suspension can be enforced during the alert state, but can exceed the alert state. The courses will continue online.
• School inspections should provide students with all the means to participate in online courses.
• The Baccalaureate and Capacity exams will be carried out under special conditions, in classes. The ministry must provide teachers and students with protective masks.
• It will no longer be used in public institutions, as all recruitments are suspended on alert. The exceptions here are the front-line institutions in the fight against Covid 19 (hospitals, DSP, police, etc.).
• Sports activities, tournaments, trainings, camps can be organized, but the Ministries of Youth and Health establish the rules, in a common order.
• The municipalities will open parks and sports fields.
• The activity of museums, libraries, bookstores and cinemas, as well as open-air cultural events and public and private festivals can take place, but also after the ministers of Health and Culture establish the rules in an order.
• If libraries, museums and cinemas do not meet hygiene standards, the activity will stop.

Report of the Legal Commission adopted by the Chamber of Deputies (nn – from which the unconstitutional article on entry into force immediately after its publication in the MOF was removed, and not within three days of the Constitution. This article was deleted in the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies)