The Government is finalizing a plan of measures to support the hospitality industry in the immediate period if the number of COVID-19 cases continues increasing, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița stated in a working meeting with members of the National Association of Restaurants and Leisure Places of the Republic of Moldova (MĂR), IPN reports.

These were also analyzed measures that can keep the infection under control and can make the activity of the units of the hospitality industry possible.

In this connection, Natalia Gavrilița said that the Government is considering the possibility of instituting a number of support measures, such as subsidization of the reduced working hours for employees.

MĂR Association president Aneta Zasavitski spoke about the necessity of creating an active secretariat of the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission and having consultations with the expert associations before the Commission adopts its decisions.

According to the Government’s press service, the representative of the business community expressed their readiness to contribute to working out and implementing clear and efficient epidemiological protection measures so as to be able to further work in conditions that are safe for the citizens.