{"id":33575,"date":"2022-03-28T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33575"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:45:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:45:29","slug":"covid-test-figures-in-huge-disproportion-to-number-of-travellers-from-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/covid-test-figures-in-huge-disproportion-to-number-of-travellers-from-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID test figures in huge disproportion to number of travellers from Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Private labs carried out 380.000 COVID tests in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This figure makes up 4% of the number of travelers from Albania, where tests were a mandatory requirement for all international flights.<\/p>\n<p>The disproportionate figures cast a shadow of doubt on a potential forgery of lab test results.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian health minister licensed 12 private labs for COVID tests, some of which were opened entirely for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry even renounced from doing travel-related testing, leaving the task entirely to private laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>The first labs that got licensed secured a revenue 12 times higher than previous years.<\/p>\n<p>Genius Lab earned \u20ac1,9 million, compared to \u20ac147.000 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Intermedica lab quadrupled its revenue, cashing in \u20ac2,2 million during the first pandemic year.<\/p>\n<p>Private hospitals were also allowed to do COVID tests however, they have not included their labs&#8217; balance sheets in their turnovers, making it increasingly challenging to look through their invoices.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, labs were charging around \u20ac98 per COVID test, a price that has currently dropped to \u20ac28.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/17\/covid-19-made-private-labs-wealthier\/\">COVID-19 made private labs wealthier<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/01\/05\/citizens-paid-7-million-to-get-tested-for-covid-19-at-private-labs-says-birn-reporter\/\">Citizens paid \u20ac7 million to get tested for COVID-19 at private labs, says BIRN reporter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/10\/20\/private-medical-labs-undergo-4-fold-revenue-growth-during-the-pandemic\/\">Private medical labs undergo 4-fold revenue growth during the pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private labs carried out 380.000 COVID tests in 2021. This figure makes up 4% of the number of travelers from Albania, where tests were a mandatory requirement for all international flights. The disproportionate figures cast a shadow of doubt on a potential forgery of lab test results. The Albanian health minister licensed 12 private labs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,1027,1028,1029,150,151,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID test figures in huge disproportion to number of travellers from Albania - 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\/covid-test-figures-in-huge-disproportion-to-number-of-travellers-from-albania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID test figures in huge disproportion to number of travellers from Albania - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Private labs carried out 380.000 COVID tests in 2021. 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