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The draft law regarding the quarantine, approved by the government
The government approved on Monday the draft law regarding the quarantine after the Constitu?ional Court (CCR) decided that compulsory introduction of quarantine is non-constitutional, as it impeaches on the rights and liberties of man. The normative act includes the measure of quarantine for the people who come from zones with high risk of epidemics or those who state they cannot assure conditions of physical separation at home. Expenses will be supported from the budget of the ministry of health. The situations of epidemiological or biological risk, for which quarantine is the answer are epidemics acknowledged by the order of the ministry of health, pandemics acknowledged by the WHO manager or an unexpected event identified constantly by the structures of the Department for Emergency situations or institutions with the ministry of health.
Thus the draft law has in view:
- Quarantine of people in specially designated areas, at home, or at a designated location is implemented for a limited duration according to the scientific official data with regards to healthy people, suspected to be infected or carrier of a pathogen agent.
- Quarantine of goods is implemented for the goods suspected to be contaminated, transports means or other goods suspected until decontamination or destructin, as the case appears. The procedure of decontamination or destruction is implemented by order of the ministry of health.
- Quarantine of an area is implemented for the people and the activities in a zone affected by epidemiological risk situation included in art.4 for a duration according to to scientific data available at international level.
- Isolation in a sanitary unit or localtion where the personnel of sanitary units have their specific medical activity is implemented for people with signs or suggestive symptoms for infectious- contagious diseases established by decision of the government or the people carrier of pathogen agents of these illnesses for which the hospitalization is compulsory according to regulations in use for a duration according to scientific official data and depending on the evolution of the pathology for each pacient.
- Isolation at home or at a declared location can be implemented only by people who are carrier of pathogen agents of infectious-contagious illnesses through decision of the government depending on the rate of transmissibility and degree of contagiousness and the capacity of the sanitary units, according to the regulations for a duration according to scientific official data and depending on the evolution of the respective pathology for each pacient.