TIRANA, May 12 /ATA/ – The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Albania, Ambassador Luigi Soreca affirmed Wednesday that the EU is firmly committed to assist Albania recover from the pandemic it has been through last 12 months.
Addressing a meeting with nurses on the International Nurse Day, Ambassador Soreca said: “I am so honoured to be here today in this symbolic location to commemorate the sacrifices and dedication of medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to bring to your attention and pay tribute to 3,000 health professionals, who sacrificed their lives to help others. And of course a tribute to the nurses who lost their lives during the pandemic in Albania.”
“Nurses and medical personnel in Albania helped us a lot when didn’t know the virus and helped us to mitigate its devastating impact on the population by helping and caring for patients not only physically, but also psychologically and thus lowering the infection risk and the spread of the virus,” Soreca added.
“The EU is on your side and we are committed to assisting Albania recover from the pandemic in the last 12 months,” Soreca said.
“Special diagnostic and treatment devices for COVID-19 have been donated to Albania since the beginning of this pandemic, including ambulances technically equipped with all equipment, ventilators, x-ray machines, but also scanners for more complicated cases. Albanian hospitals are in a better situation than they were a year ago,” Soreca noted.
Soreca also said the EU is pleased to have offered and delivered a shipment of ‘Pfizer’ vaccine from Austria and the bloc will keep delivering more supplies each week, to provide at least 140,000 doses donated by the EU. Albania is also a beneficiary from the regional projects on the EU’s health emergencies being implemented by the World Health Organization.
“Recent epidemiological data show a slowdown in the spread of the pandemic in Albania, yet it is important to put emphasis on the need to respect physical distancing, and personal hygiene rules. This would be the best way to honour and pay tribute to the nurses who lost their lives during the pandemic,” Sorca concluded.
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