TIRANA, Sept 9 /ATA/ – A total of 154,607 people have contracted the COVID-19 virus since the first two citizens tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 13 last year in Kosovo, while 2709 patients have died of the complications from the infection, according to data from Kosovo’s National Institute of Public Health.
A spike in fresh COVID-19 cases and fatalities has been reported in the last few weeks in Kosovo and health authorities acknowledge that current situation is very serious.
State and health authorities are calling on citizens to get vaccinated as the only way to prevent severe cases and fatalities. Kosovo’s Health Minister said that a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be authorized in the country.
Based on the National Institute of Public Health data there are currently 22.223 active cases in Kosovo.
According to the Institute’s data, as many as 955,811 people have been vaccinated to date in Kosovo, with 329,246 of them having received both doses of the vaccines.
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