178 localities in country, including Chisinau, Balti - red code of COVID-19

Chisinau, 23 September /MOLDPRES/- Currently, 336 localities in the country are on green alert, 156 - yellow alert, 311 - orange alert, 178 - red alert, including the municipalities of Chisinau and Balti.

According to the Ministry of Health, in the context in which, during the last week, 6 888 cases of COVID-19 were registered and there is an increase in the number of cases by 50.0%, the Extraordinary National Commission for Public Health approved new measures public health to prevent the spread and control of COVID-19 infection, which will be applied differently, depending on the rate of infection in each locality. The planned measures will enter into force on October 1 this year.

Thus, the National Agency for Public Health will establish once every seven days, every Monday, the alert threshold for the national level and for the administrative-territorial units (ATU) of the first and second level: Chisinau and Balti and ATU of Gagauzia autonomous territorial unit. Thus, CNESP adapted the infection incidence thresholds recommended by the World Health Organization.

According to the CNESP decision, in the localities under the Red Code of COVID-19, including the capital, general education institutions will operate on a regular basis, with the physical presence of students, and technical and higher vocational education institutions will operate online. Public and private entities will organize the work regime with the introduction of work at home.

At the same time, visitors' access to medical institutions and placement institutions will be prohibited. The catering units will organize their activity at maximum capacity in the outdoor spaces, and in the indoor ones with the use of at most 50 percent of the existing number of places and with the obligation that all customers present the COVID-19 certificate at the entrance to the unit. The organization of private events (weddings, baptisms) will be allowed with the participation of up to 100 people in indoor spaces or, respectively, 150 people in outdoor spaces, with the provision in the service space of at least 2 m2 for each person with the obligation to present the COVID-19 certificate.