TIRANA – Nine persons have been confirmed affected by the coronavirus during the last 24 hours in Albania, the daily medical bulletin released by the health ministry officials said on Thursday.
According to the ministry, 234 tests were performed outof which 9 have tested positive, bringing the number of people infected with COVID-19 to 409 so far.
The news was made public by the doctor of the Institute of Public Health (ISHP), Rovena Daja, who showed that 11 citizens have recovered in 24 hours, while the number of those who have left the hospital has gone to 165.
“In the last 24 hours, 234 suspects have been tested, of which 9 new cases have been confirmed with COVID-19. So far, 3223 suspected cases have been tested and 409 persons were found to have been infected with COVID-19,” she said.
Ms. Daja displayed a graphic which showed that the highest percentage of those affected are men (53%.) while 22 persons have lost the battle with this disease so far, despite the extraordinary efforts of health personnel. During the last 24 hours, 11 other patients have been added to the list of the recovered, bringing the total number of cured patients to 165.
Further on she informed that 58 patients are currently receiving services at the two COVID hospitals in Tirana. “We would like to inform you that there are currently 52 patients in the infectious disease hospital and 5 of them are in intensive care. In the COVID hospital 2 “Shefqet Ndroqi”, there are 6 patients in total. 5 patients are in intensive care, 4 of whom are intubated,” said the official.
In the meantime, the map of the spread of the infection indicates that the number of affected persons has increased with with 6 cases in Tirana, reaching a total of 196 cases and three other cases in Elbasan.
SMI’s Vasili lashes out at PM for failure to carry out massive tests
While billions of leks are spend on check-ups scheme the PM Edi Rama insists not to make massive tests for COVID-19 in Albania, said the deputy chairman of the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI), Petrit Vasili on Thursday.
Through a post on his FB account, Vasili, a former health minister, emphasized that the World Health Organization requires tests for COVID-19 something which is not done by Rama.
According to Vasili, the Prime Minister does not make massive tests in an effort to hide the truth of the numbers of people infected with the virus and the mismanagement of the situation.
“All the most developed European countries do the testing and accept what the WHO requires, because only testing separates the infected from those who are not infected, allowing the control and prevention of the spread of pandemics,” he said.
SMI’s number two answers himself to his question why Rama does not do the extensive testing for Pandemina by saying: “Edi Rama does not do the testing to hide the truth about the infection from Coronavirus.”/argumentum.al
