TIRANA – Coronavirus infections have no break in Albania with 9 new cases confirmed, bringing to 998 the total number of affected people, and a fatality during the last 24 hours.
Nine new coronavirus cases are registered in last 24 hours in Albania, with the total number now toppling 998.
The specialist of the Institute of Public Health, Marjeta Dervishi said on Sunday that evidence showed 5 new cases in Tirana, 3 in Durres and 1 in Shkodra. She confirmed the 32th victim who passed away on Saturday might.
In the meantime, 6 persons recovered during past 24 hours. According to her there are 177 active coronavirus cases throughout Albania with 15 patients hospitalized and 4 of them in intensive therapy.
Dervishi said that 146 citizens were tested and over 14,000 molecular and serological tests HAD been performed since the formal outbreak of the epidemic on March 9.
In a comment on the public discourse over the issue of curfew measures which have been confusing recently being announced even at late night hours the popular infectious diseases doctor, Pellumb Pipero declared on Sunday it is high time for the reopening of Albania, bringing back normalcy which still lacks in the country. He explained that there are not only economic benefits by reopening, but also psychological and health ones. In addition, sunlight and fresh air help from getting infected from COVID-19 as they improve the immunity, and if someone gets infected then he may recover easily. This reaction of the doctor came at a time when the Albanian government has applied restrictive measures even on this weekend, which caused the irritation of civil society who gathered at Grand Park of Artificial Lake and didn’t obey to the rules for not walking there.
“The virus is still present and the combat goes on. I have emphasized many times that the virus does not stay in the air in open spaces, so I have encouraged and professionally explained why we should be set to open a process which until now has been gradual,” said Pipero. /argumentum.al
