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Macedonia 02.07.21 | 09:19

Croatia donates 10,000 doses of Astra Zeneca to Macedonia, Denmark also announces a large shipment

Croatia delivers a donation of 10,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines to Macedonia today. This should provide some diversity in the offer in Macedonia, which is now dominated by the Chinese Sinovac vaccines. The vaccination rate picked up again this week after several weeks of serious vaccine shortages. But the...

Macedonia 08.04.21 | 14:56

Minister Filipce announces that Astra Zeneca vaccines will not be given to people under 60

Citizens under 60 will not be given the Astra Zeneca vaccine, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced today. He cited the rare cases of blood clot developing among some patients that were described by the European EMA agency as the reason. It’s estimated that about 10,000 Macedonian citizens...

Macedonia 16.03.21 | 17:08

TV24: Macedonia will be given over 100,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines

TV24 reports that Macedonia will receive over 100,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines in the coming weeks. The announcement comes as more and more European countries are stopping their use of the vaccine due to blood clot issues. Macedonia still hasn’t received any meaningful quantity of coronavirus vaccines...

Macedonia 12.03.21 | 09:20

Filipce admits he came up with the failed China scheme, says he will now try to buy Astra Zeneca vaccines

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce admitted that he was behind the failed plan to purchase Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines using a shell company registered in American Samoa and Hong Kong. China backed out of the deal after it found the company that Filipce tried to use as unacceptable. We used...