After identifying the health situation with a community presence of coronavirus in Italy, Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu convened today the Task Force for the prevention, control and protection against the New Coronavirus.
After the discussions between experts and heads of institutions was decided the reinforcement of measures at border crossings, providing an increased amount of personal protective equipment and strengthening and increase control to prevent COVID-19 coronavirus.
Task Force decided:
- Duplication of staff in Health Units at border crossings, airports, ports and land border crossings.
- Controls at border crossings, for each passenger that come from the geographical map of the places affected and defined by the WHO.
- Increased information and increased visibility of messages at border crossings
- Increasing the amount of personal protective equipment for all services, from border crossings, to hospital health facilities until to the level of laboratory diagnosis.
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection and Task Force on Prevention of Influenza and Spread of New Coronavirus RECOMMENDS that all citizens who have traveled from affected countries to call the National Emergency Number 127 in case of any concern or clinical signs, without going first to hospital./abcnews.al
