Romania’s quarantine law takes effect as daily COVID-19 cases hit new high

The law on quarantine and isolation came into effect in Romania on Tuesday as daily coronavirus cases reached 994, setting a new record in a single day since the outbreak.

The new law was formulated in response to the current COVID-19 epidemic. It also applies to any epidemics or biological risks that may occur in the future.

According to the new law, all people diagnosed with infection must be hospitalized for 48 hours for observation, and then the doctor will make the decision of hospitalization, home treatment or home isolation for the patients.

Meanwhile, the persons who come into direct contact with the people infected with COVID-19, as well as those entering Romania from the so-called COVID-19 red-zone countries, or areas of high epidemiological risk, will be quarantined. Those who violate the quarantine regulations and cause infections of others will be held criminally responsible.

The government had to urgently enact a quarantine law after the country’s Constitutional Court ruled in late June against imposing the quarantine and isolation measures by the government through a ministerial order, stressing that such measures needed to be brought about by an act of parliament.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Tuesday that