In Albania, the coronavirus has claimed the lives of five people in the previous 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. After making 2016 tests, 260 people resulted infected while 733 have been cured in the past 24 hours. Currently, 88 patients are being treated at COVID facilities, with 15 of them in a more critical condition.
Ogerta Manastirliu, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, stated that the country’s anti-Covid actions can be re-evaluated beginning in March.
“We are very cautiously analyzing the epidemiological situation; we have better indicators, and the incidence is falling; nevertheless, we continue to have active cases, and we must be cautious,” Manastirliu said.
“We are very cautiously analyzing the epidemiological situation; we have better indicators, and the incidence is falling; nevertheless, we continue to have active cases, and we must be cautious,” Manastirliu said.
“Throughout this year, the key word will be vaccination, and vaccination with the third dosage is once again very necessary in order to develop immunity and avoid severe forms of the disease,” the minister stated, after noting that the government has approved the contract for 1 million doses of Pfizer and 500,000 other optional doses.
According to the Ministry of Health, approximately 2 million 680,000 vaccines have been administered, with over 3.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine distributed. Only 10% of the population had received the third shot, according to Iria Preza, a national immunization program specialist interviewed by CNN’s A2 “Ditari”.
On Friday, Mira Rakacolli, the head of the Technical Committee of Experts, told A2 CNN that the existing restrictions will be in place for some time.
“Despite the fact that the data we have today are steady, they do not need any changes in measures today.”We’ll have to wait and see what they say in the next days,” Rakacolli remarked.