Does Kosovo have tests for the Omitron version of COVID-19?

According to him, health teams are continuing to do the monitoring of this option.

The “remains to continue health conservation work”, Ramadani told Radio Free Europe briefly.

On December 26th, Kosovo has detected the first nine cases with the Omitron version of the choreographer.

The test was conducted with extra guitars they accepted through the World Health Organization. I The KPS on December 23rd had warned that it would be equipped with these floors in order to detect the new Omitron version.

Meanwhile, infected Arben Visaj, in a media proposal, said Tuesday that one of the infected with Omitron, who had travelled from the United States to Kosovo, had sought help at the Infective Clinic, but has now been released for home treatment.

“Clinical perspectives have been manifestations of a mild clinical-shaped COVID. This patient came from the United States three days ago and works. His general condition has been a symptomology of touching respiratory paths. It's a test taken for COVID, which we take routine, after testing by I The KSHPK has proved positive for Omitron. Otherwise, today we have communicated with the patient, his condition is stable, there is no deterioration”, Vajaj said.

Meanwhile, the epidemiological situation in Kosovo is calm.

On December 27th, four new Coronavirus cases have been recorded, while active cases are 343.

So far, 780,765 Kosovo citizens have been fully vaccinated with both doses.

The Ministry of Health announced on December 27th that all citizens who received two doses of vaccine three months ago can obtain the reinforcement dose.

Health experts in Kosovo have said that the symptoms of the seasonal flu and Omitron variant are similar, so they have demanded that differentiation be made through laboratory tests.

Meanwhile, some studies conducted in the world have suggested that the Omitron variant may be easier than Delta, which is currently a dominant variant in Kosovo.

Earlier in December, Kosovo sent over 70 positive samples for analysis to a laboratory in Germany to see if the Omitron variant was present.

This new version of COVID-19 was originally detected in South Africa in November. It has since spread to over 90 countries in the world.

Omitron is believed to be transmitted faster than the preliminary variants of COVID-19, but scientists have not yet determined whether it causes more serious illness or if it avoids the protection existing vaccines against coronary.

Omitron cases have also been recorded in countries in the region: Albania, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.