Decision No 48 of Moldova's National Extraordinary Public Health Commission from 4 March 2021

Chisinau, 4 March /MOLDPRES/ - Under the Article 58 from the Law No 10/2009 on the state supervision of the public health sector (Official Journal, 2009, No 67, Article 183), with the subsequent amendments, as a result of the analysis of the evolution of the epidemiological situation nationally and internationally, the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission (CNESP) finds out that the epidemiological situation is worsening quickly.

The growth of the incidence, increase in the rate of infectiousness, the increase in the number of areas classified in red code of alert, growth in the number of serous forms of the disease, increase in the number of deaths, enhancement of the rate of positivity of the tests for the SARS-CoV-2, increase in the number of asymptomatic forms, spread in communities, all these things show tendencies of worsening of the epidemic process of the infection with COVID-19 in Moldova.    

Proceeding from the aforementioned facts, the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission  

DECIDES:

1. The annex No 1 to the CNESP Decision No 42 from 13 January 2021 and the point 1 of the CNESP Decision No 47 from 26 February 2021 are abrogated. 

2. The measures of prevention and control of the COVID-19 infection at the crossing of the state border in the direction of entering Moldova are approved, according to the Annex. 

3. The decisions of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission are executory for the central and local public administration authorities, for private people and legal entities, no matter the activity sector and the legal form of organization. 

4. CNESP recommends that media representatives inform the public about the need to strictly observe the measures of prevention and control of the COVID-19 infection.

5. The non-observance of the public health measures, set forth in the present Decision, represents danger for the public health and will serve as reason for calling the guilty people to contravention/criminal account. 

6. The present decision enters into force on 5 March 2021 and is published on the Government’s official webpage.  

Chairman of the Commission, acting Prime Minister Aureliu Ciocoi

Deputy chairwoman of the Commission Health, State Secretary at the Labour and Social Protection Minister Tatiana Zatic  

Secretary of the Commission, acting director of the National Public Health Agency Vasile Gustiuc

Measures of prevention and control of the COVID-19 infection at the crossing of the state border in the direction of entering Moldova can be accessed here: https://gov.md/sites/default/files/proiect_hotarire_cnesp_nr._48_din_04.03.2021_reguli_de_trecere_a_frontierei.pdf