As from October 1, the COVID-19 certificate is mandatory for persons served at tables situated inside public eating places, not yet for those who are served at terraces and those who go in to use sanitary facilities or to place orders and get the takeout, the Government specified at the request of the National Association of Restaurants and Leisure Facilities of Moldova (MĂR), IPN reports.

In a press release, MĂR says the excepted persons will obey the general public health norms, including maintaining physical distance of one meter and wearing a face mask.

The persons designed at public eating places to ask for COVID-19 certificates from visitors can also ask for an identification document or another document showing that the COVID-19 certificate applies to them.

If the COVID-19 certificate is false or belongs to someone else, the representatives of inspection bodies will take measures in relation to the persons who presented the given document in accordance with the Contravention Code.