{"id":448086,"date":"2020-03-15T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448086"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T16:59:54","slug":"is-covid-19-taken-seriously-governments-actions-and-peoples-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/is-covid-19-taken-seriously-governments-actions-and-peoples-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Is COVID-19 taken seriously? Government&#8217;s actions and people&#8217;s behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus that were recorded in Moldova reached <strong>23<\/strong>, out of which 10 are of local transmission, informed Minister of Health,\u00a0Viorica Dumbr\u0103veanu. In this conditions, she urged people to be more responsible, to understand that if they are not isolated, they can infect the people around them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/msmps.gov.md\/ro\/content\/viorica-dumbraveanu-sistemul-medical-este-mai-consolidat-ca-niciodata-indemn-populatia-sa-ne\">data<\/a>\u00a0provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection, two people are hospitalised in serious condition, three are in satisfactory condition and seven are in mild condition. No death due to coronavirus was recorded yet.<\/p>\n<h3>Government&#8217;s urgent and less urgent measures<\/h3>\n<p>Few days ago,\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a global <strong>pandemic<\/strong>. Nevertheless, each government is free to decide the strictness of taken measures within the state. The Moldovan Government announced <strong>Code Red<\/strong> of alert at national level regarding the risk of infection with COVID-19, but not yet a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>What does it actually mean in terms of concrete actions?<\/p>\n<p>Schools, universities and kindergartens remain closed between March 11-23, several border crossing points have stopped their activity (Cahul and Lipcani), all religious activities were suspended for the next two weeks, local markets are being closed, as well as pubs and restaurants, flights connecting Moldova to Europe have been ceased, road and rail transport has been limited, public transportation in the capital city has been dismissed (only for today).<\/p>\n<p>It was decided to close regular airfares with Italy, Spain and France as of March 15, as well as to stop regular flights with\u00a0Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, Poland, Portugal and Romania as of March 16. Starting March 17, air traffic will be completely stopped.<em>&#8220;Foreign citizens will not be able to use air transport to come to Moldova, except diplomats and those who have a resident visa in the Republic of Moldova,&#8221;<\/em> Chicu added in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privesc.eu\/arhiva\/90367\/Briefing-de-presa-dupa-sedinta-Comisiei-nationale-extraordinare-pentru-sanatate-publica\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, fines will be <a href=\"http:\/\/tv8.md\/2020\/03\/12\/decis-amenzi-dure-pentru-cei-care-nu-vor-respecta-carantina-sau-vor-completa-eronat-fisele-epidemiologice\/\">applied<\/a> to persons who do not respect quarantine measures &#8211; between <strong>37 500 and 50 000<\/strong> lei or imprisonment for up to 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Chicu <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanatateinfo.md\/News\/Item\/9009\">announced<\/a> that the Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases will be able to hospitalise patients suspected or confirmed with COVID-19 infection for two more days. Therefore, the authorities have decided that patients will be admitted to Hospital no.2 of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection as well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all restriction and WHO recommendations,\u00a0 parliamentary elections are organised today in one Moldovan district, as the state of emergency is not declared in Moldova yet, officials said. <span style=\"color: #993300\">People are just encouraged to come to polling stations with their own pen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MPs did not support a legislative initiative granting one of the parents paid leave during the forced vacation in schools. Public transportation in the capital city will resume its activity on Monday. Lots of people will still have to get to work next week.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Government has banned all church services for two weeks, <span style=\"color: #993300\">the Metropolitan Church of Moldova opposed the decision, claiming that the churches of the country will not be closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Panic and ignorance are contagious<\/h3>\n<p>Whereas some panicked people started to empty the supermarkets and pharmacies&#8217; shelves, buying everything they could use in case of need for total isolation, others still don&#8217;t treat it seriously, saying it&#8217;s just a flu. News in media display people participating in new shops opening, crowding in lines and not respecting the &#8216;social distance&#8217; of at least 1 m. Some even were reported while participating in protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmaker.md\/ro\/live-partidul-sor-organizeaza-o-actiune-de-protest-oamenii-scandeaza-victorie-si-vrem-justitie-corecta\/\">demanding<\/a> for examining the cancellation of the registration of the \u0218or Party candidate in the today&#8217;s elections held in H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district.<\/p>\n<p>After the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Moldova, state officials rushed to make more and more grievous statements,\u00a0blaming the infected person of irresponsibility. <em>&#8220;In this case we have a case of total irresponsibility. The person has endangered the health of many people in the Italian airport, in the aircraft and here in Moldova,\u201d<\/em> said Ion Chicu\u00a0at the Meeting of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse statements were made by the head of state, Igor Dodon, who publicly revealed the name of the infected woman and didn&#8217;t even apologise for that. <em>&#8220;I warn everyone who, by their irresponsible attitude, endangers the lives and safety of others: you will be held accountable for this in accordance to the law,&#8221;<\/em> Dodon claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Association for the Protection of Private Life, Sergiu Bozianu, declared that the head of state violated the provisions of the law on personal data and the rights of the patient. The Promo-LEX Association <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/17057-apel-public-cu-privire-la-discursul-de-ura-si-instigator-la-discriminare-in-contextul-inregistrarii-primului-caz-de-covid-19-in-republica-moldova\/?lang=ro\">expressed<\/a>\u00a0its concerns about <em>&#8220;messages of hate and incitement to discrimination&#8221;<\/em> in relation to the person infected with COVID-19, which appeared on social media, being partially a result of the officials&#8217; statements.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Promo-LEX annual <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/16521-raport-2-discursul-de-ura-si-instigarea-la-discriminare-in-spatiul-public-si-mass-media-din-republica-moldova-2019\/?lang=ro\">report<\/a> on hate speech cases, an average of two new hate speech cases per day were recorded in 2018, whereas in 2019 the average reached 4.2 new cases.\u00a0Promo-LEX mentioned that hate speech is most often expressed in the political context, and that media is the most important source of distribution of intolerance in the public space.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the current situation, the following question appears: <span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>how efficient are the government&#8217;s restrictive measures, if they are not restrictive enough and if people don&#8217;t take them seriously enough? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It may take a few days or even a few weeks to see that.<\/p>\n<p>See also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/why-coronavirus-could-become-a-pandemic-in-moldova\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Why coronavirus could become a pandemic in Moldova?<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: romania-insider.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus that were recorded in Moldova reached 23, out of which 10 are of local transmission, informed Minister of Health,\u00a0Viorica Dumbr\u0103veanu. In this conditions, she urged people to be more responsible, to understand that if they are not isolated, they can infect the people around them. According to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,56],"tags":[609,642,80,35,643,27,608],"class_list":["post-448086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-government","tag-important","tag-measures","tag-moldova","tag-pandemic"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus that were recorded in Moldova reached <strong>23<\/strong>, out of which 10 are of local transmission, informed Minister of Health,\u00a0Viorica Dumbr\u0103veanu. In this conditions, she urged people to be more responsible, to understand that if they are not isolated, they can infect the people around them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/msmps.gov.md\/ro\/content\/viorica-dumbraveanu-sistemul-medical-este-mai-consolidat-ca-niciodata-indemn-populatia-sa-ne\">data<\/a>\u00a0provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection, two people are hospitalised in serious condition, three are in satisfactory condition and seven are in mild condition. No death due to coronavirus was recorded yet.<\/p>\n<h3>Government&#8217;s urgent and less urgent measures<\/h3>\n<p>Few days ago,\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a global <strong>pandemic<\/strong>. Nevertheless, each government is free to decide the strictness of taken measures within the state. The Moldovan Government announced <strong>Code Red<\/strong> of alert at national level regarding the risk of infection with COVID-19, but not yet a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>What does it actually mean in terms of concrete actions?<\/p>\n<p>Schools, universities and kindergartens remain closed between March 11-23, several border crossing points have stopped their activity (Cahul and Lipcani), all religious activities were suspended for the next two weeks, local markets are being closed, as well as pubs and restaurants, flights connecting Moldova to Europe have been ceased, road and rail transport has been limited, public transportation in the capital city has been dismissed (only for today).<\/p>\n<p>It was decided to close regular airfares with Italy, Spain and France as of March 15, as well as to stop regular flights with\u00a0Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, Poland, Portugal and Romania as of March 16. Starting March 17, air traffic will be completely stopped.<em>&#8220;Foreign citizens will not be able to use air transport to come to Moldova, except diplomats and those who have a resident visa in the Republic of Moldova,&#8221;<\/em> Chicu added in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privesc.eu\/arhiva\/90367\/Briefing-de-presa-dupa-sedinta-Comisiei-nationale-extraordinare-pentru-sanatate-publica\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, fines will be <a href=\"http:\/\/tv8.md\/2020\/03\/12\/decis-amenzi-dure-pentru-cei-care-nu-vor-respecta-carantina-sau-vor-completa-eronat-fisele-epidemiologice\/\">applied<\/a> to persons who do not respect quarantine measures &#8211; between <strong>37 500 and 50 000<\/strong> lei or imprisonment for up to 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Chicu <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanatateinfo.md\/News\/Item\/9009\">announced<\/a> that the Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases will be able to hospitalise patients suspected or confirmed with COVID-19 infection for two more days. Therefore, the authorities have decided that patients will be admitted to Hospital no.2 of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection as well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all restriction and WHO recommendations,\u00a0 parliamentary elections are organised today in one Moldovan district, as the state of emergency is not declared in Moldova yet, officials said. <span style=\"color: #993300\">People are just encouraged to come to polling stations with their own pen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MPs did not support a legislative initiative granting one of the parents paid leave during the forced vacation in schools. Public transportation in the capital city will resume its activity on Monday. Lots of people will still have to get to work next week.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Government has banned all church services for two weeks, <span style=\"color: #993300\">the Metropolitan Church of Moldova opposed the decision, claiming that the churches of the country will not be closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Panic and ignorance are contagious<\/h3>\n<p>Whereas some panicked people started to empty the supermarkets and pharmacies&#8217; shelves, buying everything they could use in case of need for total isolation, others still don&#8217;t treat it seriously, saying it&#8217;s just a flu. News in media display people participating in new shops opening, crowding in lines and not respecting the &#8216;social distance&#8217; of at least 1 m. Some even were reported while participating in protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmaker.md\/ro\/live-partidul-sor-organizeaza-o-actiune-de-protest-oamenii-scandeaza-victorie-si-vrem-justitie-corecta\/\">demanding<\/a> for examining the cancellation of the registration of the \u0218or Party candidate in the today&#8217;s elections held in H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district.<\/p>\n<p>After the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Moldova, state officials rushed to make more and more grievous statements,\u00a0blaming the infected person of irresponsibility. <em>&#8220;In this case we have a case of total irresponsibility. The person has endangered the health of many people in the Italian airport, in the aircraft and here in Moldova,\u201d<\/em> said Ion Chicu\u00a0at the Meeting of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse statements were made by the head of state, Igor Dodon, who publicly revealed the name of the infected woman and didn&#8217;t even apologise for that. <em>&#8220;I warn everyone who, by their irresponsible attitude, endangers the lives and safety of others: you will be held accountable for this in accordance to the law,&#8221;<\/em> Dodon claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Association for the Protection of Private Life, Sergiu Bozianu, declared that the head of state violated the provisions of the law on personal data and the rights of the patient. The Promo-LEX Association <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/17057-apel-public-cu-privire-la-discursul-de-ura-si-instigator-la-discriminare-in-contextul-inregistrarii-primului-caz-de-covid-19-in-republica-moldova\/?lang=ro\">expressed<\/a>\u00a0its concerns about <em>&#8220;messages of hate and incitement to discrimination&#8221;<\/em> in relation to the person infected with COVID-19, which appeared on social media, being partially a result of the officials&#8217; statements.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Promo-LEX annual <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/16521-raport-2-discursul-de-ura-si-instigarea-la-discriminare-in-spatiul-public-si-mass-media-din-republica-moldova-2019\/?lang=ro\">report<\/a> on hate speech cases, an average of two new hate speech cases per day were recorded in 2018, whereas in 2019 the average reached 4.2 new cases.\u00a0Promo-LEX mentioned that hate speech is most often expressed in the political context, and that media is the most important source of distribution of intolerance in the public space.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the current situation, the following question appears: <span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>how efficient are the government&#8217;s restrictive measures, if they are not restrictive enough and if people don&#8217;t take them seriously enough? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It may take a few days or even a few weeks to see that.<\/p>\n<p>See also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/why-coronavirus-could-become-a-pandemic-in-moldova\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Why coronavirus could become a pandemic in Moldova?<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/is-covid-19-taken-seriously-governments-actions-and-peoples-behaviour\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" 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