{"id":19005,"date":"2021-08-22T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T09:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19005"},"modified":"2021-08-22T12:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T10:29:48","slug":"high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/","title":{"rendered":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For days now, Vlora is ranked as one of the counties reporting the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the head of the epidemiology department in Vlore, Agron Bashllari, the high influx of tourists remains one of the main causes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increased number of tourists and visitors, especially during the month of August, is the main cause for the rise of new cases. Based on our findings, and testing, this number is currently close to 300 cases, taking into consideration the fact that during August, the daily average is around 15 cases per day,\u201d said the medical professional.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Bashllari urged citizens to get vaccinated, saying that it remains one of the key methods to avoid severe complications, even though he admitted that there have also been cases of patients coming in that had been previously vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, vaccination continues as usual across all health centres as well as at the building known as \u2018Sports Palace\u2019, where an average of 500 vaccines are being administered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For days now, Vlora is ranked as one of the counties reporting the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 infections. According to the head of the epidemiology department in Vlore, Agron Bashllari, the high influx of tourists remains one of the main causes. \u201cThe increased number of tourists and visitors, especially during the month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":19006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For days now, Vlora is ranked as one of the counties reporting the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 infections. According to the head of the epidemiology department in Vlore, Agron Bashllari, the high influx of tourists remains one of the main causes. \u201cThe increased number of tourists and visitors, especially during the month [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\",\"name\":\"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"View from the emergency room at Vlora's main hospital.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania","og_description":"For days now, Vlora is ranked as one of the counties reporting the highest number of new cases of COVID-19 infections. According to the head of the epidemiology department in Vlore, Agron Bashllari, the high influx of tourists remains one of the main causes. \u201cThe increased number of tourists and visitors, especially during the month [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore","datePublished":"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/"},"wordCount":186,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png","keywords":["Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/","name":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png","datePublished":"2021-08-22T09:43:34+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-22T10:29:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/urgjenca-1024x576-1.png","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"View from the emergency room at Vlora's main hospital."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/high-influx-of-tourists-one-of-the-causes-for-surge-in-infections-in-vlore\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High influx of tourists, one of the causes for a surge in new cases in Vlore"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}