February 8th, local time, according to the Albanian daily newspaper, Albanian Prime Minister Eddie Rama said on the same day that there was evidence that the COVID-19 variant may have been introduced to Albania; at the same time, the infection rate of young people in the country has increased.
Eddie Rama called on the public to take all necessary measures to control the spread of the virus so that the government will not be forced to impose strict restrictions again.
On the 8th local time, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Security of Albania reported that in the past 24 hours, 953 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albania, a total of 86,289 confirmed cases, and 1,472 deaths.