The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, said today from the Health Center No. 8 in Tirana that the rapid testing for Covid-19 has started in 4 new points in Tirana, bringing to 10 their number in the capital.
“After evaluating the progress of the first six testing points in Tirana, in terms of time, we decided to add four more points. These will be in the health center no.8, in the Kamza health center, in the health center no.1 and in the health center no. 3. 10 testing points have been opened in the community in Tirana, while in all of Albania there are 55 rapid testing points “, said Manastirliu, adding that a great deal of work is being done in terms of detecting mutations or variants of new virus.
“We have decided to include PCR testing in these testing points as well. But we are working to identify mutations and new variants, which is a very important point, for which our entire team of epidemiologists have been trained. We are also in cooperation with international institutes for the identification and timely capture of new variants of COVID19 “, said among other things Manastirliu.
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