The government does not currently plan any systemic, general lockdown, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Barna said on Monday evening in a show on the public television station TVR 1.
He said the Executive would take new measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed that the measures would not be radical.
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“We are in front of wave 3. This is clear. We have the British strain identified, present. It is clear that you cannot block this spread. How we get over this depends a lot on us. Unfortunately, it has been noticed at the level of the population, a relaxation and a feeling that we are ready, we have escaped, and we see that we have not escaped the numbers, even if some indicators seem stable, we see pressure on the ATI system which confirms that things are far from over. “In the long run, some more measures will be needed to keep it going, and we don’t have any systemic, general lockdowns. It’s not on the table right now, and we don’t intend to decide. You can’t even be radical. Radical means shutting down.” you also make sure that you lose … You can’t do that, because people have to go to work, because people have to be able to buy their essential food and the things they need, “Barna said.
He pointed out that “Romania has managed to get through this situation relatively decently, in a pandemic, because it took the measures somehow earlier”.
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Dan Barna congratulated the mayor of Timisoara, Dominic Fritz, for the proposal to quarantine the locality he manages, amid the increase in the rate of infection with the new coronavirus.
“That’s why the decision was made in Timisoara. You better take an unpopular measure and I congratulate the mayor of Timisoara because he had the verticality to make this important decision, even if people blame him, because, making the decision now, you made sure that in two weeks you will not make a decision that will last three months “, added the deputy prime minister.
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