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		</div><p>A restaurant in Kosovo’s capital has filled its tables with mannequins in a symbolic protest over the government’s decision to close eateries for two weeks in response to a surge of Covid-19 cases.</p>
<p>Petrit Kllokoqi, owner of Bagolina in Pristina’s city centre, brought in the mannequins at breakfast and lunchtime.</p>
<p>“The government has not shown us any evidence that gastronomy is causing the surge,” Mr Kllokoqi said.</p>
<p>The Kosovo government decided earlier this week to close all restaurants during April 7th-18th.</p>
<p>The order affects about 4,000 restaurants and cafes with some 14,000 employees.</p>
<p>Kosovo’s gross domestic product fell 4.4 per cent last year due to the pandemic, according to preliminary reports from the government and international institutions.</p>
<p>Restaurant owners say financial support the government provided has been inadequate.</p>
<p>Mr Kllokoqi, who is head of the Kosovo Gastronomers Association, said he had already cut his staff to stay in business.</p>
<p>“We can hardly survive like this,” he said.</p>
<p>Kosovo, which has a population of about 1.8 million, has reported 96,212 confirmed cases and 1,960 virus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.</p>
<p>Officials said hospitals are reaching their full capacity due to a recent surge of about 1,000 new cases a day.</p>
<p>Kosovo started its vaccination drive this month after receiving a first batch of 24,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the World Health Organisation-backed Covax programme.</p>
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