Prime Minister Edi Rama has ordered the closure of all educational institutions for a period of 2 weeks.
Rama made such a decision during an emergency government meeting, at a time when the first two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Albania.
According to the prime minister, as experts say children are not threatened by coronavirus, but due to the contact with people in schools, they may be more at risk.
“We made the decision to cancel flights with the north of Italy till 3 Aprill and will close educational institutions by 23 March”, stated Rama./abcnews.al