Albanians increase numbers by COVID-19, the Swiss newspaper addresses Albanian: Please vaccinate!

Renowned Swiss newspaper “Blic” on its forehead in the printed newspaper also wrote several English words.

The reason is the call for the inoculation of the Albanian community living in Switzerland, which it is reporting impacted on increasing the number of infections with COVID-19, Kosovo reports.

“Please vaccinate!”, addressed the Albanian newspaper.

The number of patients lying in hospital in Switzerland has increased recently, according to Patrick Mathies, the crisis manager at the Federal Public Health Office. At a news conference, he has said that the number of patients with more coronarys at the hospital was 30 times more since July. According to statistics, on Wednesday 26 per cent of all intensive care beds were occupied by patients with COVID-19, who are evidently younger in age compared to the first wave.

Hospitals are especially concerned about travelers returning from vacation. Last week, the spokesman for St. Canton Hospital. Gallen told Blick that most patients are not vaccinated and are back from vacation.

According to statistics, more than a third of hospital admissions have shown that on vacation they stayed in a Southeast European country at the time they contracted the infection, mainly in Kosovo or North Macedonia.

Lars Haefner, chairman of the Swiss-Albania Association, is not too surprised about that.

The number of infections is much greater in Kosovo, for example. Unfortunately, hygiene and distance rules are not strictly respected there”, he said of Blick.

Swiss newspaper citing O data The BSH says that in Balkan countries the percentage of vaccinated is much lower and that willingness by citizens is lacking.

According to Haefner, Albanians while on vacation did not read Swiss media and found it difficult to know about the vaccine process in Switzerland. He also said the Albanian press calls for inoculation, but hardly assisting those in Switzerland.