Tag: corona
Macedonia 03.11.20 | 15:30

Government orders restaurants to close after 21h, urges citizens to stay indoors

Restaurants and bars will have to close at 21h, and will only be able to issue food for take-out a few hours after that. Citizens are banned from gathering in public in groups of four and above after 21h. Citizens are also urged not to be out after 21h, unless they have urgent, immediate need to do so. These...
Macedonia 03.11.20 | 10:50

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce tweets a bizarre video as Macedonia faces record number of Covid-19 deaths

On Monday evening, as Macedonia registered record 21 Covid-19 deaths, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce thought it’s a good time to tweet out a bizarre, deeply politicized video. It tries to lay the blame for the epidemic on opposition officials, posting several instances when they were not wearing...
Macedonia 03.11.20 | 10:02

Macedonian Covid-19 death rate approaches Italian levels from the peak of the epidemic

Accounting for population, the 21 Covid-19 deaths Macedonia had yesterday would amount to 600 in Italy. That would be even to one of the worst death rates during the early stages of the epidemic in Italy, which panicked the country and the world into lockdowns. Macedonia has seen a major spike in cases...
Macedonia 02.11.20 | 15:50

Minister Filipce confirms that Government officials were fast-tracked for free coronavirus tests

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce confirmed that Government officials who required coronavirus testing were fast-tracked in the public sector, even as hundreds of citizens are being denied free tests. Filipce confirmed this in response to a journalist question, that came after Interior Minister Oliver...
Macedonia 02.11.20 | 14:49

Union demands accountability after corona outbreak in the Skopje cadastre office claims a life

The KSS union demands urgent steps to protect employees who are still ordered to work in person after an employee of the Skopje cadastre office died after an outbreak. The union reports that 10 days ago a cluster was formed in the cadastre office, where many employees work in cramped conditions. Over...
Macedonia 02.11.20 | 13:10

Family of textile worker from Stip collects donations to pay for his private clinic for Covid-19 treatment

Citizens of Stip are setting up collection points for donations to help Riste Donev, a 54 year old Covid-19 patient whose family was forced to seek treatment in a private clinic. Donev was initially treated in the Stip general hospital, but as his condition deteriorated, doctors said he needs to be treated...
Macedonia 02.11.20 | 09:42

Testing centers will begin selling donated 15 minute coronavirus tests

The Healthcare Ministry will begin to distribute 13,000 coronavirus tests that can determine the presence of the virus in just 15 minutes. The tests were donated but will reportedly be charged a 1,000 denars per piece. These are quick tests using the latest technology. They will be used when there are...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 22:00

“The PR centered approach is no longer working”

With the newly record setting 934 infections, 420 of them in Skopje alone, it is clear that the PR approach to the epidemic is not working, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski in a message to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. You insist that the situation is under...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 20:55

Number of newfound coronavirus cases approaches 1,000

The number of newly infected patients approached a 1,000 today for the first time in the epidemic. Out of 2,748 tests, 934 came back positive. The new cases were reported in Skopje (420), Veles (82), Prilep (61), Tetovo (58), Bitola (33) and Kumanovo (35). The results put the total number of infections...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 19:36

Respirators from the NATO reserve delivered to Macedonia

NATO donated 60 respirators from its coronavirus reserve fund to Macedonia. The shipment was delivered today, and welcomed by a number of Government officials. Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska said that the delivery was provided through USAID and flown in by an Italian plane paid for by Luxembourg,...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 18:26

Macedonia, Albania and Serbia about to open borders without requiring PCR tests

Macedonia, Serbia and Albania are about to open their borders without the coronavirus test requirement in ten days, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He informed the public that he spoke with Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama from Albania at a video conference held as part of the Mini Schengen initiative,...
Macedonia 30.10.20 | 18:19

Covid-19 patients in Stip can’t get the badly needed oxygen, are forced to share breathing masks

The regional Covid-19 center in Stip is badly failing to provide treatment to five dozen patients from all across the eastern parts of Macedonia, said Sanela Petrova from VMRO-DPMNE during a press conference. Petrova revealed that the center lacks a simple regulator that costs just 50 EUR and is used...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 21:41

Huge air pollution levels expected to exacerbate the Covid-19 crisis

Growing levels of air pollution are about to add to the dramatic spike in coronavirus cases, warned Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Macedonian cities, where most of the households use wood and coal for heating, suffer from chronic levels of air pollution each winter, and Filipce said that the PM10...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 19:51

Corona report: 14 deaths and very high 862 new cases reported

The daily coronavirus report today was similar to the exceptionally bad results published yesterday – near record setting 862 newly infected patients and 14 deaths which show that the spike continues to hold strong. The deceased patients were aged 35 to 90, and were from Skopje (5), Strumica (2),...
Macedonia 29.10.20 | 16:37

Public healthcare managers try to find enough rooms and doctors for the growing number of Covid-19 patients

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the “8th of September” hospital and clinics in the “Mother Teresa” center in Skopje are repurposing wards for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The Infectious Diseases Clinic, which is part of the large “Mother Teresa”...
Macedonia 28.10.20 | 20:46

870 new infections – worst daily report since the epidemic began

The Healthcare Ministry today reported the by far worst daily numbers of new infections. Out of 2,647 tests, 870 came back positive – a rate of 32 percent. Half of the new cases are in the capital Skopje. Tetovo has 64 new cases, Strumica 55 and Veles – 38. This brings the number of active...
Macedonia 28.10.20 | 20:37

Government withdraws its proposed ban on home gatherings

The Government withdrew its proposal to ban family gatherings with more than four visitors, after the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party objected to the proposal. The Parliament Healthcare Committee was reviewing the draconian proposal from Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce today, in a debate that descended...
Macedonia 28.10.20 | 17:30

Restaurant owners face criminal charges for holding weddings, seating more guests that allowed

Three restaurants in Tetovo, Bogovinje and Aracinovo were fined after it was determined that they were holding weddings in violation of coronavirus restrictions. The restaurant owners will face criminal charges, said inspector Magdalena Filiposka – Graskovska. The owners of four other restaurants...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 23:09

Families describe anguish of trying to get Covid-19 treatment for their loved ones as the public healthcare system collapses

Republika spoke to a number of citizens today who say that they can’t have their loved ones admitted to hospital despite clear signs of coronavirus infection. I’m going to wait in front of the “8th of September” hospital with my mother until they admit her. She hasn’t been...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 19:43

Fifteen new deaths reported as smaller hospitals are unable to cope with the epidemic

Fifteen people died from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the Healthcare Ministry informed. Seven of the deaths were reported in Skopje, three in Veles, where the general hospital is having a dismal mortality rate, two in Gevgelija, and one each in Resen, Delcevo and Ohrid. The deceased patients ranged...
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