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HealthMin Tataru: I do not expect new lockdown
The Minister of Health, Nelu Tataru, stated on Wednesday at the Fundeni Institute that he does not expect a new lockdown, but wants everyone to respect the rules to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
"I do not expect a new lockdown, I expect everyone to respect some rules and some precautions. If we do not respect it, we can have all sorts of scenarios. Given that we are in a particularly difficult month with the resumption of many activities, we ask nothing more than respecting those application norms of those resumptions of activity," Tataru said.
He stated that if rules are not respected the number of infection cases with the novel coronavirus will increase.
"Respecting these norms, we have a maintaining of a plateau, of around 1:500 cases a day, following that in the second half of October, after we go through this hard month, we can think of a descending slope. If we do not respect these things, we may see a rise up to 2,000 cases a day and then we will see trembling in the emergency and intensive care units, as well as in the infectious diseases units," the minister also said.
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday also said that he didn't see any reasons for a new lockdown, when the citizens should be compelled to stay at home because of the coronavirus epidemic, adding that nonetheless the sanitary rules should be observed.
"I don't see any reason for a new lockdown, that is a situation in which the citizens are compelled to stay at home, nonetheless, yes, we see here and elsewhere how the number of infections is still increasing and that is why I stress this every time: we can manage the spread of the epidemic if we respect the simple widely-known rules - wearing the mask, distancing, avoiding crows, hand hygiene. There are so simple things through which we manage to slow down the spread of the virus," Iohannis told a press conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.
As many as 1,767 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in Romania since the previous reporting, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, announced on Wednesday.
All the new cases involve patients that did not test positive before.
Romania's SARS-CoV-2 total case count reached 116,415 on Wednesday.
As many as 93,558 persons were declared cured. The figure is the total number of cured persons since the pandemic beginning and has resulted after the Health Ministry and the National Center of Intervention Coordination and Management (CNCCI) data revision and update.
According to GCS, 2,278,125 tests have been processed nationwide in Romania. Of these, 24,544 were performed in the last 24 hours - 15,165 based on the definition of the case and the medical protocol and 9,379 upon request.
Another 47 people - 35 men and 12 women - infected with the novel coronavirus died, bringing the COVID-19 total death toll in Romania to 4,550. According to GCS, 45 deaths recorded are of patients who experienced comorbidities. One deceased patient had no comorbidities, and for another no comorbidities have been reported to date.
Two deaths were recorded in the age category 20-29 years, three deaths in the age category 40-49 years, five - in the category 50-59 years, 10 - in the age category 60-69 years, 16 - in the age category 70-79 years and 11 deaths in the category over 80 years.
As many as 681 people retested positive for SARS-CoV-2, says GCS.
A number of 7,061 people with COVID-19 were hospitalised in specialist healthcare facilities as of Sunday and 498 patients were in intensive care.
In Romania, 8,917 people confirmed with the novel coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 6,959 are in institutional isolation.
Also, 23,442 people are in quarantine at home, and 179 in institutional quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, law enforcement issued 511 fines amounting to 114,024 lei for violations of Law 55/2020 on measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of Romanians outside the country confirmed with the new coronavirus stays unchanged at 6,612, and the number of deaths, 126, also remains unchanged since the last report.
The heaviest SARS-CoV-2 caseloads in Romania so far were recorded in Bucharest City - 15,605 and in the counties of Suceava - 6,285, Brasov - 5,660, Prahova - 5,419 and Arges – 5,418.