{"id":15300,"date":"2021-06-08T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2021-06-08T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:36:37","slug":"us-puts-albania-among-low-risk-countries-for-covid-19-confirms-ambassador-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-puts-albania-among-low-risk-countries-for-covid-19-confirms-ambassador-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"US puts Albania among low-risk countries for COVID-19, confirms Ambassador Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/how-level-is-determined.html\">placed Albania on Level 1<\/a>, meaning citizens who are fully vaccinated can travel to the country.<\/p>\n<p>It was US Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim, who confirmed the recent development in a Twitter post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of June 7, \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 CDC has upgraded Albania to \u201cLevel 1: Low Level of COVID-19\u201d. This is good news for Americans who wish to travel to Albania for fun or business. See attached for CDC recommendations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wi94ojlNMR\">https:\/\/t.co\/wi94ojlNMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbAlbania\/status\/1402277408263319552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Citizens that are fully vaccinated will not be required to self-isolate after their arrival in the US, but only present e negative COVID-19 test taken over the last 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian economy relies heavily on tourism, which was one of the worst struck sectors due to pandemic-related restrictions imposed across the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, the number of tourists declined by about 60%, compared to the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Albanian government decided to allocate an extra \u20ac820.000 to promote the country as &#8220;COVID-free&#8221;, amid declining infection rates.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past weeks, Albania has seen a significant drop in both fatalities and infections, while authorities pursued a fast vaccination campaign, relying mainly on China&#8217;s Sinovac, and a government contract with Pfizer\/BioNTech.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\" src=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/explorers\/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&amp;time=2020-03-01..latest&amp;pickerSort=desc&amp;pickerMetric=new_cases_smoothed_per_million&amp;Metric=Confirmed+cases&amp;Interval=7-day+rolling+average&amp;Relative+to+Population=true&amp;Align+outbreaks=false&amp;country=~ALB&amp;hideControls=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So far, over 132.000 citizens have tested positive for COVID-19 from the beginning of the pandemic, with the virus claiming a reported 2.452 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed Albania on Level 1, meaning citizens who are fully vaccinated can travel to the country. 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