TIRANA, March 11/ATA/- Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu stated tonight that the British version of COVID-19 is circulating in our country, emphasizing that, “We have reached the highest peak of infections in this period and one of the reasons is the high transmissibility of this new variant”.
During a TV interview, Manastirliu said that, “Today, in the Technical Committee of Experts was verified for the first time that the new mutation of Covid-19 has appeared; the British variant, detected in a specific kit method, in collaboration with experts in Ankara”.
“The period of growth of infections was significant in mid-January, as in December and early January the amount of infections was stable. We have reached the highest peak of infections in this period that come for several reasons, the high transmissibility of this new variant, which also increases the number of infections and fatalities, but the ratio between the number of fatalities and the total number of infections has the same ratio “, stressed the Minister.
Manastirliu said that the new variant of COVID is even more aggressive, affecting the increase of infections cases. “Cases have increased, but the new variant is even more aggressive, there is an increase. Patients are also treated late. There is no other protocol for this variant, it is the same protocol “, explained the minister.
Asked if there are cases of re-infection with this version or the classic version, Manastirliu said that, “We have some data on re-infections, it is called re-infection that case which is confirmed 3 months after it was confirmed once positive, was confirmed negative with a tampon and confirmed positive again. We have so far a total of 28 cases of re-infection.”
“28 are the confirmed cases, I speak according to the official data received from Institute of Public Health, different experts should see where they get the data”, stressed the minister./p.s./
