Kosovo braces for new wave of COVID-19 as it records over 1,000 cases in nine days

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Gazeta Express

09/01/2022 19:21

Kosovo registered 1,193 new COVID-19 infections since 1 January 2022. Only Sunday health authorities reported 304 new infections, which is the record number of infections since September last year. As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Kosovo is making necessary preparation to brace for the new wave of infections, Gazeta Express reports.

Following confirmation of the first nine cases of new variant Omicron on 24 December, the number of new COVID-19 infections has surged. Kosovo in the first nine days of 2022 has reported record number of cases since September 2021. In the last three months Kosovo has reported a low number of new COVIDS-19 cases, several times less than 10 new infections in 24 hours. Today Kosovo has 1,552 active COVID-19 cases of 453 reported on 31 December 2021.  With the identification of the Omicron variant, health professionals have warned of increase of infections with this variant, stating that Kosovo is not immune to the new worldwide wave of infections. Doctor of infectious diseases Hamdri Ramadani told Gazeta Express that visits of Kosovo diaspora during New Year Holidays has led to increase of new COVID-19 cases. He urged citizens to respect COVID-19 cases and take booster shot of vaccine to make a new wave manageable.

General Director of the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Valbon Krasniqi, has stated earlier that they expect the number of hospitalisations with those infected with Omicron variant to increase. He called on citizens to get vaccine and booster shot to prevent a new wave of infections. /GazetaExpress/