Albania reported 29 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the highest daily number in a single day, as 2.8 million Albanians started a third 40-hour lockdown to break the contagion's chain.
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member, wearing a protective suit, checks a returning passenger, as Albanians who had been stuck in the United Kingdom because of travel disruptions due to measures taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease arrive at Tirana International Airport, Albania April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Albania has limited shopping to one person per family for one hour after getting permission online and until the end of the the outbreak will shut down any activity, its borders and transport except for goods in the eight-hour daily window. “Unfortunately, many of you might think we have won this war by comparing Albania’s figures with those of other countries, but we have not, the contrary is true,” Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said in a televised address.
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