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Short trips are also allowed around the household for&#13;<br \/>\nindividual physical activities (with the exclusion of course of&#13;<br \/>\ncollective physical activities) and they are also allowed to walk&#13;<br \/>\ntheir pets.   &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Minister&#13;<br \/>\nVela has also announced the extension until May 15th&#13;<br \/>\nof flight interdiction to and from 13 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Marcel&#13;<br \/>\nVela:&#13;<br \/>\nWe&#13;<br \/>\nneed to extend the interdiction of flights to and from Spain for 14&#13;<br \/>\ndays, starting April 28th,&#13;<br \/>\nwhen the previous interdiction expires. Then we extended flight&#13;<br \/>\ninterdiction for Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the USA, the UK, the&#13;<br \/>\nNetherlands, Turkey and Iran, Italy, France and Germany, until May&#13;<br \/>\n15th.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe&#13;<br \/>\nlatest military ordinance has provisions for the employees of the&#13;<br \/>\nRomanian Post Office, who shall leave correspondence only in the&#13;<br \/>\nmailbox, with the exception of legal documents. &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n Compliance&#13;<br \/>\nwith present regulations will be leading to a single conclusion -&#13;<br \/>\nnormality, Minister Vela has underlined urging people to have&#13;<br \/>\nresponsible behavior &#8211; I know it was difficult, I know it is still&#13;<br \/>\ndifficult, but we all have the same objective: to strengthen&#13;<br \/>\nprotection against this enemy, which proved to be a real challenge&#13;<br \/>\nfor an entire planet. &#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn&#13;<br \/>\nthe meantime, the authorities in Bucharest are working on a plan&#13;<br \/>\naimed at jump-starting Romania&#8217;s economy, where private companies&#13;<br \/>\nhave an essential role. 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