{"id":28611,"date":"2022-01-04T18:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28611"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:09:50","slug":"new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omicron In the last 24 hours, 801 citizens tested positive to COVID-19 in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>More than half were detected in the Albanian capital Tirana, followed by Durres and Saranda.<\/p>\n<p>Active cases rose to 7,049, of which 113 are being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Two deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the official death toll to 3,224.<\/p>\n<p>Single-day infections reached the highest peak this February when 1,239 citizens tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>New measures entered into force on Tuesday now requiring civil servants and shopping mall employees to be fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>An 11 PM curfew remains in force, including a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/04\/public-administration-and-grocery-stores-to-start-requiring-proof-of-vaccination-from-employees\/\">Public administration and grocery stores to start requiring proof of vaccination from staff<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/12\/deputy-dean-supports-return-of-students-in-auditoriums-but-no-binding-decision-on-vaccine\/\">Deputy dean supports return of students in auditoriums, but no binding decision on vaccine<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/21\/we-might-need-to-add-more-categories-of-those-obligated-to-get-a-vaccine-says-doctor\/\">We might need to add more categories of those obligated to get a vaccine, says doctor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omicron In the last 24 hours, 801 citizens tested positive to COVID-19 in Albania. More than half were detected in the Albanian capital Tirana, followed by Durres and Saranda. Active cases rose to 7,049, of which 113 are being treated in hospital. Two deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the official death toll to 3,224. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - 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\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Omicron In the last 24 hours, 801 citizens tested positive to COVID-19 in Albania. More than half were detected in the Albanian capital Tirana, followed by Durres and Saranda. Active cases rose to 7,049, of which 113 are being treated in hospital. Two deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the official death toll to 3,224. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"601\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\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=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\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\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d\"},\"headline\":\"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesor 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\",\"name\":\"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg\",\"width\":1067,\"height\":601},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases\"}]},{\"@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\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/xhoi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - 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\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - Euronews Albania","og_description":"Omicron In the last 24 hours, 801 citizens tested positive to COVID-19 in Albania. More than half were detected in the Albanian capital Tirana, followed by Durres and Saranda. Active cases rose to 7,049, of which 113 are being treated in hospital. Two deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the official death toll to 3,224. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1067,"height":601,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Euronews Albania","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Euronews Albania","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/"},"author":{"name":"Euronews Albania","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d"},"headline":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases","datePublished":"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/"},"wordCount":153,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg","keywords":["Kryesor 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/","name":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-04T17:02:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-04T17:09:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211201_151803_011221013-3_T72kiiJ-1068x714-1.jpg","width":1067,"height":601},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/new-covid-19-wave-looms-as-albania-reports-over-800-new-cases\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New COVID-19 wave looms as Albania reports over 800 new cases"}]},{"@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\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d","name":"Euronews Albania","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/xhoi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28611"}],"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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}