Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, Albanian police have been on long duty hours, checking the implementation of anti-Covid rules, but this seems to be turning the patrols and checkpoints into sources of infection for police officers themselves. T
There are currently about 600 police officers affected by the coronavirus, which has alerted their bosses in terms of how they will organize public order and crime prevention services.
The shortage of police officers has been noticed in some police stations of the country, as Top Channel unofficially learns that they are being replaced by their colleagues through overtime.
Officially the state police do not accept this high number of affected personnel, but reports say that many have been quarantined in their homes, while a very small number have had to receive medical treatment in hospitals.
This disease resulted fatal for ten police officers, who lost the battle with the virus, which they mainly got while on duty.
After doctors and nurses, police services are in the first line of contact with citizens, as they need to check compliance with anti-covid measures, be on alert to prevent criminal events.
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