{"id":19103,"date":"2021-08-26T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19103"},"modified":"2021-08-26T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T10:23:00","slug":"long-lines-at-the-rinas-airport-little-regard-for-anti-covid-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/long-lines-at-the-rinas-airport-little-regard-for-anti-covid-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Long lines at the Rinas airport, little regard for anti-COVID measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of citizens are staying in line at the ticket offices of the Rinas airport.<\/p>\n<p>Through images secured by Euronews Albania, citizens of different nationalities can be seen waiting in line for hours to an end.<\/p>\n<p>A citizen says that 2 hours before the flight to London, the line of people was 600 m long.<\/p>\n<p>However, citizens aren\u2019t complying with all anti-COVID measures, at a time when the Delta variant has spread across Albania and the number of infections is on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>They aren\u2019t wearing any masks or protective gear and aren\u2019t exercising social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>After our country temporarily lifted the visa requirements for countries like: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Russia, Thailand and India, starting from April thousands of citizens from these countries flocked to the \u201cMother Theresa\u201d airport in Rinas, Albania.<\/p>\n<p>These citizens use Albania as a transit country, from where they can head over to other countries of the EU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/26\/albania-a-country-of-transit-thousands-of-indian-and-pakistani-nationals-have-entered-in-recent-months\/\">Albania a country of transit, thousands of Indian and Pakistani nationals entered in recent months<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/25\/albania-approves-decision-to-shelter-afghan-emigrants\/\">Albania approves decision to shelter Afghan emigrants<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/16\/there-are-no-albanians-in-afghanistan-confirms-mfa-for-euronews-albania\/\">An Albanian citizen is currently stranded in Afghanistan, says MFA for Euronews Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of citizens are staying in line at the ticket offices of the Rinas airport. 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