TIRANA, March 9 /ATA/ Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, at a media briefing said that in addition to 65 tested cases, there are 14 more in process including the family members and close contacts of those tested positive.
“Until now 65 cases have been tested in Public Health Institute. Two of them have tested positive as you know. There are 14 cases in the process, including the family members, close contacts of the confirmed cases. As we have done, we will keep informing public opinion on every step, every decision and important information for the citizens,” Manasitrliu said.
As part of the preventative measures, Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, stated that another decision has been taken.
We have taken the decision to restrict surgical interventions excluding here all surgical operations related to malignant pathology. There will be no ban on emergency surgical services. So they will continue as normal and this service will be accessible to the citizens.
All these measures that are taken in the coronavirus situation do not pose any threat to the citizens, on the contrary they put stringent rules in place to better manage the situation without affecting the service to citizens and giving more guarantees to citizens in need of healthcare about higher quality service from our staff, she said.
Manastirliu appealed to media outlets to quote official information on coronavirus situation in Albania.
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