TIRANA, March 28 /ATA/ Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu has inspected the new health center Dritas, in the area of Zall-Herri, reconstructed as part of the national program of 300 health centers.
Given the progress of the vaccination process in this health center, Minister Manastirliu put the emphasis on continuation of the anti-COVID vaccination process, as the only way to protect health, adding that the door-to-door process for the vaccination of every citizen will be intensified
“We have decided with the Technical Committee of Experts to conduct a re-evaluation on a periodic basis of the vaccination process in young people and in certain areas, to move on to a door-to-door plan, reaching out to areas where there is more vaccine uptake hesitancy. Because we know very well that vaccination is a challenge in itself. It is not an easy process that can be done simply with a public appeal, but it has to be conducted door to door. “Every citizen must be sensitized to the importance of vaccination”, stressed Manastirliu.
Expressing that the situation is being monitored in dynamics, Manastirliu said that samples are being assessed to detect the Omicron sublineage, BA.2.
“An Omicron sublineage BA.2 is circulating in various countries, mainly European countries, where there is an increasing trend of infections, because it has a very high transmissibility. The research has come to conclusion that vaccination, especially the booster dose, helps mitigate severity of infections and reduce number of hospitalizations and fatalities. Currently in Albania we do not have confirmed cases yet. “But of course through our active tracking structures we are evaluating the samples that come to the IPH, by taking them to the reference laboratories”, said Manastirliu.
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