TIRANA, Jan 13 /ATA/ The Technical Committee of Experts on Thursday’s meeting decided to uphold the existing anti-COVID measures.
The chairperson of the Technical Committee of Experts, Mira Rakacolli, stated on Thursday that “the committee deems that the level of protection measures we have today is consistent with epidemiological developments in the country. At this stage the measures will be kept unchanged.”
Rakacolli said that the Committee strongly advises the strict adherence to the measures, the vaccination of those who have not been vaccinated yet in order to protect ourselves from severe form and fatality, but also the community and contain the spread of the infection. ”
Anti-COVID measures in force:
– Curfew hours from 23: 00 hrs – 06: 00 hrs.
– Citizens who enter the Republic of Albania from all border crossings must meet one of the three requirements:
1. Have a vaccination passport, with at least two weeks apart from the date of second dose.
Have a negative PCR test within 72 hours or a rapid antigen test within 48 hours.
3. Have proof of having gotten over Sars-Cov2 infection, valid up to 6 months after recovery.
These rules also apply to those citizens who transit through Albania.
Children up to 6 years old are not subject to these rules.
– Albanian citizens residing in Albania, who return and do not have one of the above documents, must self-isolate for 10 days and inform the health authority to get a test performed at the end of the isolation period.
– The mandate for the use of masks in closed premises, in shopping malls, supermarkets, shops, public transport and in all those places where physical distancing is not provided remains in force.
– It is not allowed to gather more than 50 people.
– Only 30% of the capacity for spectators in sports and cultural activities.
-Vaccination control continues in public administration, supermarkets and shopping malls.
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