Raed Arafat tells all Romanians that only the observance of protective measures against the infection with the Coronavirus can keep away the imposition of new restrictions in Romania, but everything depends on the Romanians and what they want to do in order not to reach general quarantines again.
Raed Arafat says that the decisions not to close many economic activities is based on the desire not to block sectors of the economy and to leave the vaccinated people the freedom to continue doing what they were doing normally, but also that the non-compliance with the rules + the increase in infections , will bring new restrictions.
"There is a range of sanctions that can be given, but clearly for some these sanctions do not stop them from continuing what they are doing and not following the rules. Finally, we have always appealed to individual responsibility and to our responsibility as a community. But the sanctions exist, they can be given, that's not a problem.
Our problem is not getting there and our problem is when we get to check, go in and out and find nothing; that's what we would like. If we go in and see that the situation is not being respected and if it continues to grow. So, to put the situation differently. HoReCa asked me a lot to keep the restaurants open. I know that they discussed at all levels, with the Ministry of Economy, with everyone.
We have given an opportunity now. If the HoReCa wants to stay open, the restaurants for people who have been vaccinated and passed the disease, to follow the rules, because if it starts to grow again, that is, it continues to grow, that it is growing now, and we see that the rules are not respected, they will force maybe other measures later. From here, in order to control the situation, they must be the ones who are responsible now to follow the rules, because they have the restaurants open, with certain rules.
They don't follow the rules, they will bring other results after that, other measures maybe. And we wouldn't want to get there, nobody really wants to get there. So it's their duty now, now it's up to them to follow the rules. Before we get to control, let them be the first to control the situation, at the entrance to the restaurant, at the entrance to a certain place and say: show me the green certificate. You don't have the green certificate, sorry, you can't enter. That's pretty much how it should be."
