virus restrictions in May, new Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, a U.K.-educated former finance minister, tightened social-distancing measures in July in an effort to control the rising number of Covid-19 cases.
Hoti himself tested positive this month, though has now returned to work.The current 140-160 new cases a day could be a “plateau," according to Sergei Koryak, the World Health Organization’s liaison officer in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital.
But the WHO is working to increase testing capacity from about 500 a day, fearing official data may even be under-counting infections.“Laboratories are testing only patients with symptoms, with high temperatures," Koryak said by phone. “So potentially some mild cases may have been missed."This story has.