This is what Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, said in parliament on Friday.

“The amount of vaccines contracted to date is over 2,390,000 vaccines, which continue to arrive in accordance with the delivery schedules and our mass vaccination plan. Right now the vaccination of the age group over 60 years is ongoing. We are proceeding with the second dose for over 400 thousand elderly people and through the blended vaccination schedule more than 5 thousand employees of processing factories, over 3 500 employees of tour operators have received the jab. Meanwhile, 12 thousand employees of the State Police are getting the second shot,” – Manastirliu said.

Minister Manastirliu pointed out that Albania ranks among the countries with high rates of vaccination in terms of vaccination per 100 inhabitants in the last 7 days. The vaccination rollout continues at the same pace as the average of EU countries.”

According to her, our country based on epidemiological data has come out of the red zone, the risk zone of COVID-19, compared to the countries of the region and Europe.
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