Doctor Pipero finds out the unexpected that surprised the doctors, is the quarantine coming back?

Two weeks after the removal of all restrictions on quarantine for 80 days, the cure for contact by the COVID-19 virus reached Albania on Saturday (13.06.200) its highest point since the beginning of the epidemic last March 9th: 48 new cases.

The situation has deteriorated dramatically in the last six days. Health authorities claim that the total number of infected reached 1464, that of active cases at 389, on Saturday. According to Health Ministry data, 1039 infected have been cured, 20. 132 people and 36 dead. The hottest wine continues to remain Tirana with 220 infected. At the Infective Hospital of University Hospital Center,” Mother Teresa” (QSUT) is home to 52 patients, 7 of whom are in intensive therapy and 1 in addition.

Dr. Pellumb Pipero, well-known infectionr, who with his team continues to be at the head of the battle against the Coronavirus at the QSUT Infectious Disease Hospital, tells of DW that “the recording of positive cases infected with COVID 19 was expected, as the total opening has increased the likelihood of virus exposure. “But the figures so high and associated with hospital lying are unexpected. I think there's a lack of caution that leads to the idea that the virus is gone. But it continues to circulate, to be among us”, says Dr. Piper.

Carelessness is obvious. In the weekend markets, Tirana bars and cafes are without masks and stay very close to each other. Must respect social distance, put masks in public environments or at gatherings in public places, respect protocols in bars, restaurants, and even health institutions. The case of the touch of 15 doctors and nurses at the CSF Internal Disease Hospital, by a positive patient with this virus, is the most serious”, explains the reasons for this situation. Piper.

He points out that 218 new cases in the last 6 days were “in all ages over 40 years, but chronically sick result in more severe forms of contact by the corona”, he notes.

Record numbers of new cases have not put the epidemic out of control. “is being worked hard by public health professionals to awareness citizens that the risk of being affected by the virus is present because it is still among us. Although weakened compared with the beginning of the epidemic and the time of quarantine, the virus continues to infect us and put our lives at risk, if we do not continue to maintain physical distance, masking in public environments, and having the hygiene of hands” points out about DW, Dr. Piper.

The authorities' restrictive measures in Albania have been among the strictest in the region and the EU before the total opening. Human Rights Protection Organization, especially the Helsinki Committee, has criticised Rama government for violating human rights, even though the right to life remains a priority. In order to cope with the flood of quarantine, the government also changed the Penal Code, legalizing very strict measures for quarantiners.

Under these circumstances can a word in Albania be spoken of” of the body's immunity”, this expression used at the top of the occasion by British Prime Minister Boris Jonsson, one of the survivors of the Corona virus' touch in early March? “in Albania is still early to talk about “immunity Tufe”. Nor can it be said of places where social distance measures have not been binding, as is the case of Sweden”, says Dr. Piper.

Back to quarantine? Not recommended without efficiency

Northern Macedonia, Albania's neighbour, restored restrictive measures due to increased new cases following the country's total opening. Authorities have warned that if the population ignores the risk posed by the virus, austerity measures may return.

I don't believe this will happen in Albania. I wouldn't recommend Albania. The austerity measures are not already efficient. Just respecting the social distance population, putting the mask in public environments, hand hygiene. As for health authorities and medical staffs, the prosecution of clinical cases is sufficient, testing them, tracking contact cases and polluting grounds to continue controlling the epidemic at this second stage of its development” says of DW, Dr. Piper.