Bino underlined the Public Health Institute experts are monitoring the farmers and individuals who work in operations with poultry.

“Individuals working in operations with poultry are definitely the ones most at risk from the bird flu outbreak. This is the reason why the Public Health Institute and its experts are checking and testing any potential respiratory syndrome. Samples have been taken and tested and no human infections have been detected,” Bino stated.

She underlined that the risk of human catching bird flu is low, adding that culling the infected birds is the solution to prevent any potential human infections.

Bino also said that the bird flu A5H1 is n through eating fully cooked poultry and eggs.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development also announced that the bird flu situation is fully under control by a chain of institutions that are working on early detection and prevention of the spread of H5N1 virus.

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Manastirliu emphasized, “Please, listen to the appeal for vaccination from the citizens who are facing the consequences of COVID-19 in the Infectious Diseases Hospital, at a time when the risk from the new Omicron variant is a concern for all countries and vaccination is the only way to protect and curb the spread of the pandemic.”

“Everyone in my family is vaccinated except me because it was my choice. And this wrong choice led me to where I am. I want to say that all young people without exception should be vaccinated,” said a young man.

“If I got the vaccine, I would have been at home with the children,” said another.

Vaccination against COVID-19 continues throughout the country in medical centres every day of the week, for every citizen over 16 years old and for children 12-15 years old, according to the doctor’s recommendation.

Meanwhile,  Head of the Epidemiology department at the Institute of Public Health Silva Bino said that the “Johnson & Johnson” vaccine against COVID-19 will soon arrive in Albania.

Speaking to reporters, Bino said that, “In our country we have available a variety of vaccines.”Johnson & Johnson is expected to come soon.”

So far, in Albania there have been applied the vaccines “Pfizer”, “AstraZeneca”, “Sinovac” and “Sputnik V”. Vaccination against COVID-19 continues throughout the country in medical centres every day of the week, for every citizen over 16 years old and for children 12-15 years old, according to the doctor’s recommendation./p.s./

In an interview with VOA, the head of the Infectious Diseases Control department Silva Bino said that the increase in cases, especially in the last two weeks, is worrying.

While calling for the implementation of anti-Covid rules by both the population and institutions, Bino said that according to her, mandatory mechanisms should be applied for the vaccine.

In the last 24 hours, there were confirmed 379 new cases and 1 loss of life.

The data so far show a higher number than the total of the people affected in the previous three months, May-June and July, taken together.

The health authorities are of the opinion that the reason is the heavy circulation of the ‘Delta’ variant.

The “Delta” variant was confirmed in Albania in the second half of July from samples that had been collected since June./j.p/r.e/p.s./

“The updated study on May 17 in Chile for Coronavac shows that the vaccine is 65.3% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 87% effective in preventing hospitalization,” Bino said.

Likewise, Bino said that referring to the study it turns out that the Chinese vaccine is 90.3% effective in preventing hospitalizations in intensive care and 86% effective in preventing deaths.

Albania has administered thousands of doses of Coronavac vaccine in the context of mass vaccination against COVID-19. /m.m/p.s./

“The dates printed on the vials of COVID -19 Coronavac 600SU vaccines represent that production and packaging dates. For the first lot, the production and packaging date is 06/04/2021, while for the other lot is 04/04/2021. The expiration date is 19/02/2022,” Bino said.

According to her, the date 13/01/2021 on the shipment containing vaccine vials represents the date of the approval for the vaccine’s immediate use in Turkey.

“All local Health Care institutions have been informed via an official letter by the Public Health Institute and every vaccination site have been also informed,” Bino clarified.

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In a statement to the media, Bino said that, “the Third Age will be next to get the COVID-19 vaccine.”

“The vaccination process has started today in Korça Prefecture. Doctors, nurses, family doctors in all southeastern municipalities will be vaccinated. The Third Age will be next to get the COVID-19 vaccine to be followed by the individuals with underlying medical conditions and the entire population being over 18 years old,” Bino said.//a.i./

Bino stressed that there is an increase in incidence in the last two weeks into 209 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants.

“During the last two-week period, there is increase in incidence into 209 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. The largest increase is in Tirana, Durrës, Fier, in the municipality of Saranda. There is an increase not only in the young age group, an increase in cases in all age groups, not only in the young ones but also in other ages “, said Bino./p.s./