Abstract
The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as Covid-19, debuted on December 12, 2019 in downtown Wuhan, China, when a group of people with pneumonia of unknown cause appeared, was mainly linked by the owners of stalls working on the Huanan fish market, who also sold live animals. The virus presents evidence of person-to-person transmission, and the transmission rate (infection rate) appears to have escalated by mid-January. As measures to prevent the spread of the virus, Romania has adapted a strategy to prevent and control this situation, such as: cancellation or closure of air flights, cancellation of residential meetings, closure of large stores, mandatory self – quarantine of infected persons. Thus, institutions and factories were closed, with the exception of the vital institutions, the closure of churches, educational institutions, universities, sports halls. Awareness campaigns have been launched through the media and social media, the use of disinfectant materials to clean the hands, the use of protective masks and medical gloves, the sanitizing of neighborhoods and roads with cleaning materials. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of the new Coronavirus (COVID19) on the population, both in perception and in attitude. The sample consists of 244 persons and the data obtained after the application of the questionnaire were statistically processed, obtaining the following conclusions: most of the respondents consider that the information received about Covid-19 is correct, a smaller percentage believe that the news about the new Coronavirus are exaggerated; At the same time, the respondents affirm that they will respect all the measures that the Government imposes on them: they will stay at home, they will go out only to buy the necessary products, they will wear masks, gloves, they will wash their hands often. Moreover, most respondents believe that both the country's economy and their personal economy will have to suffer greatly during this period of crisis.
Highlights
The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, known as Covid-19, debuted on December 12, 2019 in downtown Wuhan, China, when a group of people with pneumonia of unknown cause appeared, was mainly linked by the owners of stalls working on the Huanan fish market, who sold live animals
From the citizens' perspective, most of them consider that the information presented in the media regarding the Covid-19 phenomenon is correctly presented, and a smaller percentage considers that the media presents the information in an exaggerated form
Most of the study participants said that they will comply with the measures imposed by the Government, namely: they will not go to public spaces, they will not attend mass events such as sporting events or concerts and they will even respect a period of 14 days of mandatoryself-quarantine if the Government imposes this, at the beginning of the crisis in Romania, a significant percentage of them went to open public spaces such as pharmacies, shops, shopping centers or the workplace
Summary
The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, known as Covid-19, debuted on December 12, 2019 in downtown Wuhan, China, when a group of people with pneumonia of unknown cause appeared, was mainly linked by the owners of stalls working on the Huanan fish market, who sold live animals. The first military ordinance stated the temporary suspension of the activity in the dental medicine offices, except for emergency dental interventions, the temporary suspension of the retail sale of the products and services, in the commercial centers where several economic retailers operate, except for the sale of food, veterinary or pharmaceutical products and cleaning services, the movement of persons outside the home / household to be carried out only in compliance with the general measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to avoid the formation of any group larger than 3 persons who do not live together while leaving the house without a valid reason the domicile between 10 pm and 6 am has been strictly prohibited. On 21.03.2020, the Second Military Ordinance was published in the Official Monitor, which provides for COVID-19 dissemination measures These include the closure of the malls and the ban on the entry into the territory of Romania of foreign citizens. Citizens are no longer allowed to walk in groups consisting of more than 3 persons, and at night, between 10 pm and 6 in the morning, they can leave the house only if they have completed a declaration on their own responsibility or if they can provide an official statement issued by their employer
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