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Incumbents

Events
  • March 8 - 1st 2 cases of 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Albania, one of whom had traveled to Florence, Italy.[1]
  • March 9 - Ministry of Health and Social Protection states that a total of 65 people had been tested for COVID-19.[2]
  • March 10
    • a total of 114 people had been tested for COVID-19, 10 of whom were positive. Of these, 6 new cases were close contacts of the first 2, while the other 2 new cases had no connection. One such case was also from the city of Durrës.[3]
    • President Ilir Meta calls for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force.[4]
    • it was discovered that a Maryland woman had contracted novel coronavirus after visiting Albania, as well as spending time in a Turkish airport.[5]
  • March 11 - a total of 241 people were tested, 15 of whom were positive. 12 cases were close contacts of the first case, while the other two were from Tirana and Lushnjë. The first death was also reported, an elderly woman in Durrës.[6]
  • March 12 - Vice Minister of Health and Social Protection Mira Rakacolli stated that during the last 24 hours 145 people had been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 298 tests performed. Of those, 23 cases tested positive for the disease, 18 of which were asymptomatic and in self-isolation and 5 were hospitalized. All cases were stated to have had history of travel to Italy or been in contact with someone who had. In total 134 people were in quarantine.[7]
  • March 15 - 42 cases were confirmed, 17 people were hospitalized, with 3 of them under intense hospital supervision.[8]
  • March 16 - 51 cases were confirmed, 23 people were hospitalized, with 3 of them under intense hospital supervision.
  • March 17 - 55 cases were confirmed, 25 people were hospitalized, with 3 of them under intense hospital supervision.

Births

Deaths

February

References
  1. "Ministria e Shëndetësisë dhe Mbrojtjes Sociale". www.facebook.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "Informacion i përditësuar për Koronavirusin COVID_19". www.shendetesia.gov.al (in Albanian). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. "Informacion i përditësuar për Koronavirusin COVID_19". www.shendetesia.gov.al (in Albanian). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. "President Calls for Retired Doctors' Involvement in Fighting Coronavirus". Albanian Daily News. March 10, 2020.
  5. "Maryland woman who contracted novel coronavirus visited Albania, not Turkey, embassy says". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 2020.
  6. "Informacion i përditësuar për Koronavirusin COVID_19". www.shendetesia.gov.al (in Albanian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. "Ministria e Shëndetësisë dhe Mbrojtjes Sociale". www.facebook.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  8. "15 mars 2020/ Informacion i përditësuar për Koronavirusin COVID-19". shendetesia.gov.al (in Albanian). 15 March 2020.
  9. Albanian music icon Nexhmije Pagarusha dies at the age of 86
  10. Albanian dictator Hoxha's widow, his staunchest defender, dies at 99
  11. "Ndahet nga jeta në moshën 97-vjeçare Vito Kapo, postet që mbajti" [Separated from life at the age of 97 Vito Kapo, the posts he held] (in Albanian). February 29, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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