TIRANA, July 19 /ATA/ – The Technical Committee of Experts has decided to allow private labs in Albania to carry out serology testing for Covid-19 as part of an approach to further ramp up testing capacity to cope with the situation in the country, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced on Sunday.
“Based on the epidemic control strategy in the country, which entails involvement of the non-public institutions and with the aim of enhancing the capacities to cope with the situation, the Technical Committee of Experts has adopted the Protocol to allow the start of the serological testing in non-public structures too. Tests must be first validated in advance by the Public Health Institute,” the Ministry of Health said.
According to the Ministry of Health, the serological tests approved by the National Agency for Drugs and Medical Devices only will be allowed to be used in licenses non-public labs and recognized by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection as laboratories that meet standards for serology testing on presence of the Sars-Cov2 antibodies.
Meanwhile – the Ministry said in its release – “we will continue to carry out serology tests in microbiology laboratory at the University Hospital Centre in Tirana. In the meantime, serological testing on samples of the population for research purposes is planned to start soon.”
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