Albanian study on Covid-19: The virus circulation is in 6% of the population

 Alban Ylli in an interview to top Channel

 A group of epidemiologists and immunologists led by two professors Genc Sulccebe and Alban Ylli, have undertaken and are conducting a study on the traces left in the population's blood by the virus Sars / Cov2, COVID 19.

Alban Ylli, Epidemiologist: We started the study in April and it involved almost 280 people from 4 neighborhoods in Tirana. The conclusion drawn is that: The circulation of the virus is in about 6% of the population. If we compare it with the data of western countries in Albania there is still a circulation of the virus and the population is very receptive, which means that the vast majority have not passed the disease, do not have immunity to the disease. This shows that we still have to wait a long time for the circulation of this virus to have more and more immune people who will stop its circulation naturally until the vaccine is possible in Albania.

Question: "Did we not do the right thing by being totally isolated during March and April?"

Alban Ylli, Epidemiologist: We did very well to close when the virus was aggressive and could have caused hundreds of 100 victims. The virus circulates also now but is not causing as much damage as in the Spring.

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