The Mayor of Timişoara says quarantine needs to be implemented in the municipality
The mayor of Timişoara, Dominic Fritz, said that a quarantine needs to be implemented in the municipality, as the number of infections continues to rise and the infection rate reached 7,63 to 1000 inhabitants. He considers that this measure needs to be taken as soon as possible, as in Timişoara COVID patients die because hospitals and especially intensive care units don’t have sufficient beds.
Dominic Fritz: We are in a difficult situation, a situation that is only going to get worse, there are no more free beds in intensive care units in Timişoara and I want everybody to understand clearly what that means. On Sunday night, six people died at Victor Babeş hospital because they couldn’t be transferred to an ICU bed from a normal bed. So, people die today in Timişoara because there are no more ICU free beds. About quarantine in Timişoara, we need to analyze things very well these days to see if we don’t need an emergency break to put a stop to the exponential spread of the virus.
Of the total 343 new cases recorded in Timiş, 200 of them were confirmed today in Timişoara.
Imposing quarantine in Bucharest is a difficult decision and represents a solution that the Government doesn’t take into consideration – Ludovic Orban
Imposing a quarantine in Bucharest is a difficult decision, connected to many considerations and represents a solution that the Government does not take into consideration, said prime minister Ludovic Orban yesterday. He said that, in the capital, there is a rising tendency of infections with SARS-CoV-2, but that it cannot be compared to the ones seen in other European cities, where the progression was geometrical. Ludovic Orban also said that in Romania the infection rate with the new coronavirus, for the last two weeks, is higher than 4,8 for 1000 inhabitants, while in the Czech Republic there are 15 cases for 1000 inhabitants and in Belgium there are 13 cases for 1000 inhabitants, and that places Romania on the 18-th place in Europe.
Regina Maria Frigate returns home from its mission in the Mediterranean one month early due to the high number of coronavirus infections among the crew members
Regina Maria frigate will return home from its mission in the Mediterranean Sea one month early, due to the high number of infections with coronavirus among the crew members. The Naval Forces Staff informed that the frigate that attended the Standing NATO Maritime Group left the Turkish port Aksaz today, and headed for Constanţa, after a significant number among the 230 crew members have been tested positive for coronavirus. The number of the confirmed cases hasn’t been mentioned but it has been stated that they are asymptomatical and that their condition is good. Regina Maria frigate should have closed its mission on December 7th.
