{"id":22008,"date":"2021-10-07T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22008"},"modified":"2021-10-07T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T09:32:54","slug":"you-lied-on-the-figures-basha-debates-with-manastirliu-over-covid-19-mortalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/you-lied-on-the-figures-basha-debates-with-manastirliu-over-covid-19-mortalities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou lied about the figures\u201d, Basha debates with Manastirliu over COVID-19 mortalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Democratic Lulzim Basha was caught in a debate with health minister Ogerta Manastirliu over the number of COVID-19 confirmed deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens know now that they lied about economic assistance, lied about reimbursing COVID-19 patients, lied about abusive tenders during the pandemic, but above all, they lied about the number of lives lost\u201d, said Basha.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the DP said that proof of his argument is an EU Commission report, which lists Albania with the highest number of excess deaths in Europe during 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The health minister dismissed the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why you insist with such pleasure on the death rhetoric. 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