TIRANA – Being in the middle of the sixth week since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday’s figures provided by the local authorities show a moderate relaxation of the crisis which is still persistent as the number of the affected people fluctuates between 6 to 23 on a daily basis.
In the daily update the deputy health minister, Mira Rakacolli announced that 19 people were found infected taking to 494 the total number of affected persons with coronavirus in Albania. “Yesterday (Tuesday), 252 suspected cases were tested out of which 44 were part of the health personnel,” said Rakacoli on Wednesday.
“Although there are 19 new cases the curve remains stable and the situation is completely under control despite the daily fluctuations,” said the deputy minister, who was pleased that 3 more patients had recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cured patients to 251.
Further on she said that that there are currently 39 patients in the infectious diseases hospital and 5 of them are in intensive care. In the meantime there are 9 hospitalized patients at COVID 2 Hospital “Shefqet Ndroqi” where 7 patients are in intensive care, while 4 of them are intubated. The number of fatalities stands at 25 in Albania and most of the dead were elderly.
As far as the geographical distribution of the epidemic is concerned Tirana is on top of the list with 237 cases followed by Shkodra with 71 cases and Durres with 42 cases.
Opposition Claims PM Hides Reality…
Opposition continues to be critical with regard to the issue of testing process holding the government responsible for hiding the reality.
Former Democratic Party MP Bardh Spahia accused government authorities on Wednesday when he declared that samples taken on Tuesday in the city of Shkodra had not been processed. According to Spahia, a doctor by profession, 54 samples were taken and none of them was analyzed.
“Hiding the infected persons is a repeated criminal act and time is showing that it is not a coincidence! Edi Rama is playing with the health of citizens, especially with that of the people of Shkodra, turning this battle with COVID-19 into a sick personal battle for figures’ manipulation,” said Spahia in one of the harshest accusations against the government head. Shkodra, in northern Albania, is considered as a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Party.
According to figures provided by health ministry on Wednesday the number of infected people remained unchanged at a time when 54 test samples were taken in Shkodra on Tuesday.
“There are strong suspicions that none of them has been analyzed! This is done to keep the figures at the level that Edi Rama wants, hiding the reality,” said Spahia asking if there is anything more monstrous than such an act. /argumentum.al
