“At a meeting of the Supreme Security Council, we decided to recommend to the Commission on Emergency Situations to provide hospitals with alternative sources of electricity,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

The President added that it was also decided "to introduce measures to optimize the use of electricity in government agencies."

Sandu convened a meeting of the country's Security Council on October 28 to discuss the energy crisis.

Earlier, the Prime Minister of Moldova Natalia Gavrilitsa said that some progress had been made in negotiations with Gazprom on gas supplies.