{"id":8940,"date":"2021-03-26T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=8940"},"modified":"2021-03-26T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:01:34","slug":"albania-covid-19-claims-lives-of-8-new-cases-in-downward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-covid-19-claims-lives-of-8-new-cases-in-downward-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania: COVID-19 claims lives of 8, new cases in downward trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>8 people in the ages 35-74, have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours whereas 449 new cases have been registered.<\/p>\n<p>Our country is facing a dropping tendency of new cases recently, at a time where other countries in the region like Kosovo and Northern Macedonia are seeing a considerable rise.<\/p>\n<p>Despite seeing this drop in new cases, the Ministry of Health is calling on citizens to continue being vigilant and comply to all the preventive anti-COVID measures.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the COVID designated hospitals in Tirana as well as three regional hospitals are treating 343 patients, 18 of whom in the ICU and 10 intubated.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 24 hours, 2900 vaccines have been administered, bringing the total number of vaccinations since the start of the process to 62,248 for healthcare professionals, the elderly and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few days ago, the Albanian government was able to sign a deal for 1 million doses of the Chinese \u201cSinovac\u201d vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, our country has received 192 thousand doses and starting from this weekend the massive vaccination of people over 70 will commence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 people in the ages 35-74, have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours whereas 449 new cases have been registered. 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