Romania imposes 30-day curfew as daily new COVID-19 infections surpass 10,000

The Romanian government decided to impose a nationwide curfew and other stricter measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations Raed Arafat announced on Friday.

The new nationwide prevention and control measures will take effect on Monday for a period of 30 days, the official told a press conference.

Under the new rules, people’s movement will be prohibited between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. “The exceptions include movement in professional interest, for medical assistance that cannot be postponed, for procuring medicines, for child, elderly, disabled, ill persons care or escort, or in case of death.”

Those who go out during the curfew must bring justifying documents with them — travel documents, work ID, certificate issued by the employer, bona fide statement.

The new regulations mandate mask-wearing in all public spaces. Up to now, mask-wearing has been mandatory in closed spaces in most areas of the country, and it became obligatory both indoors and outdoors only in localities with a COVID-19 incidence rate of over three per 1,000 inhabitants.