Moldovan PM: If we continue to be irresponsible, many people will die

Chisinau, 26 March /MOLDPRES/ - The head of the Commission for Emergency Situations, Prime Minister Ion Chicu today evening said that, if the dynamic of increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19 is maintained, Moldova would have up to 2,000 people sick with coronavirus till 10 April.    

According to the PM, this number will put Moldova’s medical system to a tough test. Chicu noted that neither the developed countries, which invested much in the medical system, coped with the expansion of the killing virus on these days.   

”I tell with quite sincerely: the danger is major to our life. If we continue to be irresponsible, many people will die,’’ the prime minister said.  

The Commission for Emergency Situations has instructed the preparation of alternative rooms for hospitalization of new patients: halls, hotels, where improvised hospitals will be arranged, but without the needed level of medical assistance. ‘’The exceeding of the figure of 3,000-4,000 infected people means that we will not be able to provide assistance to everybody,’’ Chicu added.  

The prime minister reiterated the call to all citizens to observe the rules and bans established by the authorities.

Today, the Commission for Emergency Situations approved new restrictive measures for residents, among which the prohibition of the presence on streets of groups of more than three people, if they are not members of a family.