Rules established by the National Committee for Emergency Situations amid the coronavirus epidemic
The National Committee for Emergency Situations decided today that in towns or counties where the wearing of a protective mask is mandatory in open spaces, it is allowed, however, to remove it for short periods of time for smoking, consumption of products food or drink, outside the terraces, as well as for the development of individual sports activities, only if the people are outside the pedestrian traffic areas and at least 2 m away from the others. 30 countries in the world are now on the list of states with high epidemiological risk, for which the quarantine measure is instituted on people arriving in Romania, a list updated today by the National Committee for Emergency Situations. The Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia and France are the states on our continent with the highest incidence rate of COVID cases per 100.000 inhabitants on the list. The quarantine also applies to those arriving in Romania from other European countries; among them: Spain, Great Britain, Croatia and Ireland./opopescu
3.855 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by authorities on Sunday, out of just over 19.000 tests
3.855 new cases of COVID-19 were reported yesterday by the authorities, from just over 19.000 tests. Another 73 deaths were associated with SARS-CoV-2 virus disease. Bucharest remains on the first place in the daily reporting, but the threshold of three cases of COVID-19 per thousand inhabitants in the last 14 days was also exceeded in Sălaj County. It thus joins the counties of Alba, Cluj and Harghita, as well as the Capital. However, the number of children learning only online has increased. As of today, the kindergartens, schools and high schools in Timișoara, Sibiu and Baia Mare are also in the „red scenario”./opopescu
Family doctors criticize the emergency ordinance providing home treatment for asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients
The National Society of Family Medicine criticizes the recent emergency ordinance which stipulates that patients with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 will be treated at home by family doctors, without an initial evaluation through laboratory or imaging investigations. Family physicians say they are burdened with new bureaucratic responsibilities and penalties when the system no longer copes, and denounce the issuance of normative acts regarding the medical system without consulting practitioners or patient representatives. Family doctors say they will continue to be by their patients, but say they need additional resources, and especially respect. According to a statement, family doctors will remotely consult patients infected with COVID-19 without endangering others./opopescu
