HealthMin Tataru: Gov't decided to extend state of alert by 30 days

The Government on Tuesday decided to extend the state of alert by other 30 days, Health Minister Nelu Tataru made the announcement. "After we recorded 166 new cases yesterday, today we had 250 new cases, 10 deaths from yesterday until today and more than 4,500 active cases, in which context we decided to extend the state of alert by other 30 days," Tataru told a press conference at the Victoria Palace. He added that a third package of relaxation measures is to come. "At the same meeting today, after the National Committee for Emergency Situations' Decision, we decided to relax certain activities," said Tataru. The Minister of Health mentioned that kindergartens, nurseries and afterschools will resume activities during the summer after a set of measures and norms will be implemented to ensure the social distancing and health protection. The Government also decided the resumption of activity by the gyms. Tataru said the malls too must receive "certain attention." "And by malls I mean the commercial spaces and not the cinema halls or the food courts or playgrounds. These are common areas, with a certain specificity, which require our attention. I also need to say this that we took and we are going to take certain relaxation measures to the extent in which we can accompany them by preventive measures, with the possibility to intervene in case of unfavourable developments," explained the Minister. He mentioned that the resumption of the religious services inside the churches will be done by observing social distancing and wearing protective masks. According to him, in case of the physical activity in the open air the same hygiene conditions and social distancing must be observed. "Any private event that takes place inside must not exceed 20 persons and the private events in the open air must not exceed 50 persons," he said. Tataru also added that the next package of relaxation measures could be adopted after July 1. AGERPRES (RO - author: Daniel Florea, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Cristina Zaharia, editor: Adina Panaitescu)