{"id":18419,"date":"2021-08-01T19:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T17:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18419"},"modified":"2021-08-01T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T17:39:16","slug":"albania-launches-open-vaccination-month-amid-rising-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-launches-open-vaccination-month-amid-rising-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania launches open vaccination month, amid rising infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 24 hours, 40 citizens tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of active infections across the country to 421.<\/p>\n<p>The number of patients hospitalized has also doubled in the past week, with 24 citizens under medical care, although authorities confirm that none of them are in intensive care.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the country of 2.8 million has registered 133,121 coronavirus cases, of which over 130,000 have recovered. The death toll, according to a tally kept by the health ministry, is estimated at 2,457.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the health ministry announced August as an open vaccination month, in order to tackle the rising figures and avoid overburdening hospitals.<\/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=People+vaccinated&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>According to Our World in Data, 23,13% of the population has received at least one vaccine dose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/30\/albania-records-37-new-covid-19-cases-no-deaths-reported\/\">Albania records 37 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths reported<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/29\/covid-19-albania-registers-highest-number-of-daily-cases-in-2-months\/\">COVID-19, Albania registers highest number of daily cases in 2 months<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/28\/first-victim-in-more-than-a-month-registered-in-albania-due-to-covid-19\/\">First victim in more than a month registered in Albania, due to COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 24 hours, 40 citizens tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of active infections across the country to 421. 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