Category: Health
Health 23.04.20 | 18:41

Filipce: Two-meter distance is all it takes to protect both yourself and the people around you

Let’s maintain a two-meter distance from others. It is all it takes to protect both yourself and the people around you, Health Minister Venko Filipce posted on his Facebook profile Thursday. Wearing protective equipment, Filipce wrote, such as face masks, scarves, bandanas, etc, inside as well as...
Health 23.04.20 | 16:33

Ban on movement in forest areas lifted as of Friday

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy Trajan Dimkovski, at the request of the National Forests Public Enterprise, has lifted the ban on movement in forest areas which was imposed on April 16, 2020. Change in weather conditions and spring vegetation growth have reduced the risk of open fires....
Health 22.04.20 | 14:40

Macedonian living in England to take part in coronavirus vaccine trial

Macedonian Borko Andreevski, who lives in England, will take part in coronavirus vaccine trial at Oxford University. In an interview with Telma, Andreevski confirmed that he had volunteered for the trial with a desire to help with the situation. He also explained that 500 young and healthy volunteers...
Health 22.04.20 | 09:09

Filipce says wearing a protective mask would become a habit

Health Minister Venko Filipce says wearing a protective mask would become a habit, whereas the virus would not disappear after the first peak but linger until the vaccine is available sometime in 2021. The virus will not disappear. Countries are preparing for some form of a peak in the autumn. At that...
Health 21.04.20 | 14:23

Filipce: Smokers more vulnerable to COVID-19, they need to be particularly careful

When smoking a cigarette, fingers are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth. This makes smokers more vulnerable to COVID-19, and they need to be particularly careful, Health Minister Venko Filipce posted on Facebook. In addition, he points out,...
Health 20.04.20 | 17:39

Filipce: 200 patients recovered from coronavirus

Good news heralds an end of this trying period and together we will prevail, says Health Minister Venko Filipce on Monday. Writing on Facebook, he says that so far 200 patients have recovered after contracting the coronavirus. I’m happy for all those who have recovered, and I’m happy for their families...
Health 19.04.20 | 19:12

Filipce: The curve for the spread of the virus in our country shows that 10 people infect about 10 other people

The curve for the spread of the virus in our country shows that 10 people in the country infect about 10 other people, said Minister Venko Filipce in Sunday’s interview with “Deutsche Welle”. Answering the question whether it is possible to plan when elections will be held in the country,...
Health 19.04.20 | 18:46

Filipce: It is too early to say whether summer vacation plans should be put off

In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Health Minister Venko Filipce announced that it is being considered to gradually reduce restrictive measures, but exactly when that will happen will be considered next week, when the Commission on Infectious Diseases summarizes the numbers of newly infected and will...
Health 18.04.20 | 13:14

Over 70 percent of COVID-19 patients from Skopje, Kumanovo and Prilep

The Public Health Institute said Saturday that 71.8 percent of the 1,117 COVID-19 patients in the country are located in three cities – Skopje (388), Kumanovo (311) and Prilep (103). COVID-19 cases have been registered in 21 cities across the country. The patients’ age ranges between 0-91 years,...
Macedonia Health 17.04.20 | 21:39

Antibody screening tests planned in middle or end of summer

Antibody screening tests are planned in our strategy, not now but in the middle or the end of summer, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Friday. We are planning to do the screening by age groups, sometime in the summer, in order to assess the immunity of people over the age of 65, school children...
Macedonia Health 17.04.20 | 21:04

Total number of recovered patients in our country stands at 139

It is good to see recovering patients on a daily basis. Today there are 18, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 139, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Friday. Minister Filipce confirmed the 36 new new cases and three deceased patients. The number of registered cases now stands at 1,117...
Macedonia Health 17.04.20 | 20:31

All patients from the Kumanovo hospital transferred to the Infectious Disease Clinic in Skopje

The Minister of Health Venko Filipce said at Friday’s press conference at his home that since the number of employees in the hospital in Kumanovo has decreased as many of them are in self-isolation, all hospitalized patients from this hospital have been transferred to the Infectious Disease Clinic...
Health 14.04.20 | 16:52

Kicevo resident, infected with coronavirus, arrived from abroad and was in state-run quarantine

According to the latest information by the Center for Public Health, for the first time, a person with a permanent place of residence in Kicevo was confirmed to have been infected with Covid-19. This person, as reported by the Municipality of Kicevo, has not been staying in the city for the last seven...
Health 13.04.20 | 10:50

Prilep new coronavirus hot spot, Osmani, Sekerinska, Sugareski to meet members of the city’s crisis management center

Deputy PM and chief coordinator of local self-government crisis management bodies against COVID-19, Bujar Osmani, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and Minister of Transport and Communication Goran Sugareski will meet Monday with members of the Prilep crisis management body. 14 new coronavirus cases...
Macedonia Health 10.04.20 | 19:50

Filipce does not rule out the possibility that the coronavirus was present in Macedonia much earlier

The virus was detected in the woman, but it is difficult to say what caused the death. However, in the direction of a significantly higher number of flu patients, 37,000, as opposed to 20,000 historically seen years ago, it is possible that the virus was present earlier. Especially considering that there...
Health 09.04.20 | 08:48

The youngest coronavirus patient in Macedonia is a few months old baby

A few months old baby has been infected with coronavirus, “Sloboden pecat” reported, citing Ministry of Health sources. The Wednesday’s report of the Public Health Institute states that it the age of the patients ranges from 0 to 91 years. Earlier, the youngest patient infected with...
Health 08.04.20 | 19:13

Two coronavirus patients from Stip, who are treated at home, cured

Two coronavirus patients from Stip, with mild symptoms, have been cured after testing negative to COVID-19 twice, the Health Ministry said Wednesday citing updates of the Institute of Public Health. At the moment, four patients are hospitalized in Stip hospital. 14 patients with mild symptoms are treated...
Macedonia Health 07.04.20 | 14:59

5 people die from coronavirus, 29 new cases registered

Four coronavirus patients have passed away at the Skopje-based Clinic for Infectious Diseases – a 52-year-old man from Kumanovo, a 65-year-old woman from the village of Labunista near Struga, a 62-year-old woman from the village of Celopek near Tetovo, and an 81-year-old woman from Stip. A 53-year-old...
Macedonia Health 07.04.20 | 09:52

Three people died from Covid-19 last night, two from Kumanovo and a 67-year-old from Kratovo

A 67-year-old man from Kratovo, who was hospitalized three days ago, died last night at the “8 September” hospital in Skopje, hospital sources told Sitel. Earlier, two men from Kumanovo died at the age of 52, one died at home while the other died at the Infectious Disease Clinic in Skopje....
Health 06.04.20 | 22:50

‘8 September’ hospital prepared to deal with COVID-19 spread

The Skopje City General Hospital ‘8 September’ is prepared to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, the government said in a press release on Monday. Thus far, only coronavirus patients and those suspected to have been infected with the virus who required various surgical procedures were admitted...
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