March 8 – The first two cases of COVID-19 in the country were confirmed, one of whom had traveled to Florence.[1] March 10 President Ilir Meta calls for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force.[2] It was discovered that a woman from Maryland contracted COVID-19 after visiting Albania and spending time in a Turkish airport.[3] March 11 – The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported: an elderly woman in Durrës.[4]