{"id":30315,"date":"2022-01-27T11:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30315"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:54:55","slug":"kosovo-parliament-to-convene-over-spike-in-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-parliament-to-convene-over-spike-in-new-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo parliament to convene over spike in new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s parliamentarians will attend on Thursday an extraordinary plenary session called after single-day cases climbed to over 4,000.<\/p>\n<p>MPs will debate on the management of the epidemiological situation.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the National Institute of Public Health reported 4,397 new coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, health minister Rifat Latifi briefed policymakers at the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Social Wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>According to Latifi, new cases skyrocketed this week, with a majority corresponding to the Omicron variant, but emphasized that hospital admissions remain low.<\/p>\n<p>The health minister warned of shutting down schools if the situation doesn\u2019t improve.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo introduced new measures on January 22 to tackle rising COVID-19 figures, set to be reviewed in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Kosovo counts over 25,450 active cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/01\/25\/around-700-students-at-the-preshevo-valley-affected-by-new-travel-rules-in-kosovo\/\">Around 700 students in Preshevo Valley affected by new travel rules<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/01\/23\/kosovo-logs-over-2900-new-covid-19-cases\/\">Kosovo logs over 2,900 new COVID-19 cases<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s parliamentarians will attend on Thursday an extraordinary plenary session called after single-day cases climbed to over 4,000. MPs will debate on the management of the epidemiological situation. On Wednesday, the National Institute of Public Health reported 4,397 new coronavirus cases. 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