{"id":26415,"date":"2021-12-01T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26415"},"modified":"2021-12-01T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:37:12","slug":"omicron-in-albania-health-minister-ishp-sending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/omicron-in-albania-health-minister-ishp-sending\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron in Albania? Health minister: ISHP sending samples for lab testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Public Health Institute will be sending samples of patients suspected of having contracted the new COVID-19 variant to a specialized lab for further testing, in order to see if Omicron will be detected in our country as well.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of health, Ogerta Manaistirliu called on citizens to continue with the vaccination process, adding that a group of experts is currently evaluating the set of measures put in place to avoid the spread of COVID-19, and will ultimately decide whether more need to be added, like mandating masks in indoor spaced, etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is crucial that we continue with the vaccination process, even in relation to the new variant \u2013 Omicron \u2013 which has been tantalizing the entire world. This isn\u2019t meant to put countries in a state of panic but rather to make them ready and well-prepared,\u201d \u2013 said minister Manastirliu.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the vaccination program in Albania, a total of 2.103.351 doses have been administered. Of them, 1.072.645 are first doses; 961.013 are second doses and 67.381 are third booster shots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2021\/11\/30\/health-institute-deputy-head-omicron-may-render-vaccines-null\/\">Deputy head of Public Health Institute: Omicron may render vaccines null<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2021\/11\/30\/doctor-recounts-details-of-patient-infected-with-omicron-variant-in-italy\/\">Doctor recounts details of patient infected with Omicron in Italy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian Public Health Institute will be sending samples of patients suspected of having contracted the new COVID-19 variant to a specialized lab for further testing, in order to see if Omicron will be detected in our country as well. Minister of health, Ogerta Manaistirliu called on citizens to continue with the vaccination process, adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":26416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Omicron in Albania? Health minister: ISHP sending samples for lab testing - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/omicron-in-albania-health-minister-ishp-sending\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omicron in Albania? 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