The deputy minister of health Mira Rakacolli explained on Now with Erla Mehilli that the real indicator of the epidemiological situation in a country is the two-week incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants and not single-day cases.

“The situation in the past 6 weeks has been more or less stable. This is also shown by the number of hospitalizations”, said Rakacolli.

She also advised that 241 samples were sent to a laboratory in Germany, and that test results came back confirming match to the Omicron variant.

Rakacolli also explained that by now there should be more cases with this variant in the country, which scientists believe that it is more contagious.