The decision obliging students to get the COVID-19 shot as a condition to attend university auditoriums has ignited a public debate in Albania.

The deputy dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, Elsa Skenderi, said during an interview on Now with Erla Mehilli that it is important for students to return to auditoriums in order to continue with a regular academic year.

“It is very clear to me, that students must attend auditoriums as soon as possible and we are trying to push for a normal academic year”, she said.

However, she emphasized that she is against making vaccines mandatory.

“Students have continuously called to return to the auditoriums, but on the other hand they do not want to get vaccinated and I understand them to some extent. If it were for me, I would not want this decision to be forced on them”, she concluded.