Moldovan premier presents to parliament draft decision on declaring state of emergency

18:04 | 17.03.2020 Category: Official

Chisinau, 17 March /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Ion Chicu today presented to parliament the draft law on the declaring of the state of emergency. Statistics on the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the European Union and in Moldova’s neighbourhood is at the basis of the demand, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.

The need appears to quickly undertake extraordinary measures in the management of the epidemiological situation, taking into account the large number of confirmed cases in the big European states and pressure exerted on the health systems.

The government has taken and is taking measures to bring to Moldova the citizens who remained blocked in different states hit by the evolution of the epidemic, difficult actions, taking into account the measures of restricting the transport at the European level.

Ion Chicu answered questions put by lawmakers and called on the society to mobilize before the spread of the epidemic and in order to protect the people’s lives.

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