Rama: Urban transport in Tirana, Durres banned from tomorrow

About new measures being provided by the government against Coronavirus, which has affected the world and Albania already marks 15 cases with infected and 1 victims, the country's prime minister says it is estimated that by tomorrow or in the coming days urban transportation will be banned in the district of Tirana and Durres.

“We are assessing that tomorrow or the following days the ban on urban transport in Tirana and Durres, because we are not the first to have the challenge of We face the epidemic, we have experience from other countries. We know what we need to do step by step, and it is very important how the entire defense system builds.

These measures are our defense system. What happened to the countries that did not take these measures at the blast sites is not taken because they are worthless, they do a tremendous damage to the economy.

The important thing is that growth is within a curve as close as yellow. If that's what happens, we'll say we're in control of”, Rama says.

In his address, the prime minister says he does not advise drastic measures but requires the creation of safe distances at work, as well as to follow all specific rules, as well as adds that it is not a situation that will last indefinitely.

“There's a difference between gatherings where there's no control of the job and where you can't look where people go in public space, people have all the conditions and rules. But we're gonna do it like the world, we're not gonna make any inventions. We cannot make adventures or retreat from uncertainty and panic. There is no end of the world, and we must think there is one day and another life that goes on. It is a situation that will not last indefinitely.

No one recommends drastic measures, and what is recommended and required is the creation of security distances where it is worked and the creation of simple protective conditions. All should be equipped with protective measures, at the workplace is possible, we will have clear sanctions for those who do not follow. It is up to enterprises to take all measures and make the necessary cut, to reduce the number, to set up the items that help, such as masks, gloves, detectors, and so on, this suggests the best international practice”.

It's absolutely clear to distinguish what happens on a bus and what happens at a workplace. This is about protecting ourselves and our family. If we're all going to respect the rules then there's no need to go and run forward with our own” mind, his word Rama follows.