{"id":27590,"date":"2021-12-17T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27590"},"modified":"2021-12-17T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:07:15","slug":"montenegro-confirms-presence-of-omicron-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/montenegro-confirms-presence-of-omicron-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"Montenegro confirms presence of Omicron variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five citizens tested positive to the new COVID-19 variant in Montenegro, dubbed Omicron, announced the country\u2019s public health institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the confirmed cases are in a good condition with only mild symptoms\u201d, a statement released by the health authority read.<\/p>\n<p>The first suspected case was detected on December 4, and all family members, as well as their contacts, were isolated.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 24 hours, Montenegro recorded 187 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the country has an estimated 1,812 active cases while 42.8% of its population has received both vaccine doses.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health announced that it will step up efforts to monitor that pandemic preventative measures are being respected, especially in winter resorts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2021\/12\/15\/greece-introduces-new-travel-rules-amid-fears-of-omicron\/\">Greece introduces new travel rules amid fears of Omicron<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/01\/omicron-in-albania-health-minister-ishp-sending\/\">Omicron in Albania? 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The first suspected case was detected on December 4, and all family members, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Montenegro confirms presence of Omicron variant - 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\/montenegro-confirms-presence-of-omicron-variant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montenegro confirms presence of Omicron variant - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five citizens tested positive to the new COVID-19 variant in Montenegro, dubbed Omicron, announced the country\u2019s public health institute. \u201cAll the confirmed cases are in a good condition with only mild symptoms\u201d, a statement released by the health authority read. 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