TIRANA – Four C19 infected persons, including a 21-year old girl, have lost their life bringing the total number of fatalities to 97, and 85 new coronavirus cases have been registered, as well as more hospitalizations in the last 24 hours was the balance sheet made public by local health authorities in Albania on Wednesday.
“The figures of new infections continue to be high in the last 24 hours,” said the Director of the Health Service Operator, Mirela Cami expressing the concern over the serious situation in the daily meeting with the press.
“Some 361 tests were performed on persons suspected of being infected with COVID-19, of which 85 positive cases were confirmed, increasing the total number of infected to 3,752,” said Cami in her detailed information.
According to her, there are still new hospitalizations in the infectious disease hospital and the situation is very serious there: 88 patients are hospitalized, 12 patients are in intensive care and 4 of them are intubated in serious condition.
Tirana has the biggest number of new cases per day, 46 during the last 24-hours, followed by Shkodra 6, Kruja 6, Vlora 6, Tropoja 5, Elbasan 5, Durres 2, Kurbin 2, Lezha 2, Mirdita 2, Kolonja 2, and 1 case respectively in Has, Berat, Kamza, Pogradec, and Ura Vajgurore.
In the meantime there are currently 1,560 active people with COVID-19, mainly in Tirana, Shkodra, Kruja, Durres. Some 29 citizens have recovered during past 24 hours, bringing to 2,091 the number of people cured since the outbreak of the epidemic,” said Cami.
The borders of the European Union will remain closed for Albania at least by the end of July. The EU Council met on Tuesday to discuss about updating the list of countries which will be allowed entrance and travel to the EU, without restrictions.
It is repeated the appeal to the citizens to wear facemask which as from Tuesday is mandatory in closed environments, but observations show that the order is not applied and in addition there is lack of readiness by relevant authorities to monitor the situation in the field.
The general mood of medical authorities and experts is as could be noticed in Tuesday evening’s talk shows on local TVs was uncertain about the progress of the disease with some holding responsible the government for being incompetent.
“The PM has fallen and Albania is in need of a government head,” said the Democratic Party (DP) senior official Tritan Shehu on Wednesday. “In these difficult epidemiological and economic moments Albania is without Premier,” said Shehu, a former health minister. He stressed that the government cannot provide its strategy to combat the virus and the situation is graver that in March-May period. /argumentum.al
