Tag: coronavirus
Macedonia 27.06.20 | 12:31

Macedonia with Zaev is in a worse situation than third world countries

Setting free from Zaev will mean a more efficient fight against the coronavirus, says VMRO-DPMNE, adding that while Zaev’s government is pursuing politics, racketeering and shady deals, a record number of people in Macedonia are dying and getting sick. While Venko Filipce is making political calculations,...

World 19.06.20 | 19:04

Coronavirus was present in Italy in December, study says

The novel coronavirus appears to have been circulating in Italy two months before the first cases were detected, a study of waste water samples from the cities of Milan and Turin showed. Traces of the virus were found in waste water collected back in December, researchers at Italy’s National Health...

Macedonia Health 17.06.20 | 17:11

Filipce expects the number of hospitalized patients to grow, hospitals reorganizing capacities

We expect admitted patients to outnumber those released in the next seven days and that is why we should withstand this wave. Afterwards we expect a drop in the number of hospitalized patients, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Wednesday. It is very important to have the situation under control and...

Macedonia Health 17.06.20 | 17:04

Over 2,000 cases registered in Skopje so far, of which 1,425 are still active

Of the 193 new COVID-19 patients registered in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 140 are from Skopje, the Health Ministry said in a press release Wednesday. According to the Health Ministry, a total of 2,137 cases have been registered in the capital by Tuesday, of which 1,425 are still active. Most active...

Macedonia 16.06.20 | 15:41

New IRC head: Coronavirus exists, it’s no joke

The new acting head of the Islamic Religious Community, Shakir Fetahu, said the coronavirus was real and dangerous, unlike his dismissed predecessor, Suleiman Rexhepi, who declared the virus dead. Fetahu told reporters that the IRC was not a competent institution to talk about the virus, nor did he want...

Macedonia 16.06.20 | 14:21

8 patients die, 134 new COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that 134 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Macedonia over the past 24 hours, 8 patients have died, while 34 have recovered. Most of the new cases are registered in Skopje (97), then Tetovo (11), Resen (7), Kumanovo (5), Struga (3), Krusevo (2), Kicevo (2), and...

Macedonia 16.06.20 | 10:44

VMRO-DPMNE: The incompetence of the current government is paid with dozens of lives every day

For half a month, Macedonia has a three-digit number of new infections, placed on the pillar of shame as a country with worst coronavirus response in Europe. Instead of taking experience from developed countries, Zaev and Filipce have put Macedonia in the company of Libya, Iraq and third world countries,...

Macedonia 15.06.20 | 18:02

Filipce: New COVID-19 cases after region eases measures

Almost all countries in the region have been registering new coronavirus cases after easing the measures, Health Minister Venko Filipce said. Albania registered 57 cases out of 362 tests, Kosovo some 50 cases. Also, the health ministers of Slovenia and Montenegro have announced an adequate approach and...

Macedonia 13.06.20 | 20:17

Morbid: On the day when a 31-year-old mother dies Zaev, Filipce and Spasovski say that they have made a successful health system

This is already becoming morbid. On the darkest day when we have 200 new infections and even eight deaths, Zaev, Filipce and Spasovski without any care of conscience say that they are building a successful health system and that they are successfully dealing with the coronavirus. Today, interim Prime...

Macedonia 13.06.20 | 17:38

Gazi Baba Mayor tests positive for the coronavirus, his wife tested first graders?!

Mayor of Gazi Baba municipality, Borce Georgievski, has tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases on Friday. I got the test this morning. I’m doing fine so far, have no fever and receive therapy prescribed by the doctors, Georgievski has said. So far, there’s...

Macedonia 13.06.20 | 13:33

Macedonia becomes the Balkan Wuhan

With SDSM and Zoran Zaev, Macedonia became the Balkan Wuhan. In 12 days, the number of infected with Covid-19 has increased by more than 50%, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release on Saturday. After Zoran Zaev ordered the Commission on Infectious Diseases and Venko Filipce to be politicians, not doctors,...

Macedonia 11.06.20 | 17:13

126 employees at Stip factories infected with coronavirus, 24 are in hospital

Health Minister Venko Filipce said at that 778 smears had been taken from workers in seven clothing factories in Stip that had been identified as at risk. 126 tests came back positive, 24 people have been admitted to hospital and the rest have been put in self-isolation. Inspectors have issued 400 isolation...

Macedonia 11.06.20 | 16:34

Filipce: Weddings cannot be held when it is banned!

Weddings cannot be held when it is banned. Citizens cannot gather and fail to comply to the measures, it is unacceptable, Minister of Health Venko Filipce said at Thursday’s press conference where he informed that in the past 24 hours 175 new Covid-19 cases have been registered and five patients...

Macedonia 10.06.20 | 10:43

Zaev is losing the battle with the epidemic, and the citizens are losing their health and lives

The coronavirus epidemic took another life in one day, and 87 of our fellow citizens have been diagnosed with the virus, says VMRO DPMNE. Only since the beginning of June, there are 1,016 new infections and 24 deaths in Macedonia, and Zaev and Filipce’s priority is snap elections instead of the...

Macedonia 10.06.20 | 09:19

2019/2020 school year, conducted online since March, ends today

For 270 thousand high school and primary school students, including about 19 thousand first graders, the school year 2019/2020 ends today, for the first time in extraordinary circumstances and outside the school desks that remained empty since March 11 due to the danger of spreading the coronavirus disease. Over...

Macedonia 09.06.20 | 19:47

Danilovski: We cannot blame the people, we have to ask ourselves why the people react like that?

After the authorities pointed the finger at the citizens for non-observing the measures, epidemiologist Dragan Danilovski told “Alfa” that the citizens are not as guilty as the authorities failed to provide enough information about the virus. Lack of enough information has done its thing....

Macedonia 09.06.20 | 17:53

Instead of a curfew, intensified controls at the hotspots in the country

At today’s 63rd session regarding the efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government concluded that intensified controls and monitoring should be introduced in targeted areas of the City of Skopje and the municipalities in the City of Skopje, then in the surrounding Skopje...

Macedonia 09.06.20 | 16:45

Number of people infected with coronavirus in Cair close to 200, followed by Butel, Centar, Gazi Baba…

There were 41 new COVID-19 cases registered in Skopje on Tuesday. Cair municipality has seen most cases-24, followed by Karpos, Butel, Gazi Baba and Gjorce Petrov. There are 760 active cases in the capital, of which 192 in Cair, 68 in Butel, 66 in Centar, 63 in Gazi Baba, 61 in Aerodrom, 57 in Karpos,...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 15:48

Three of 15 infected healthcare workers from “8 September” hospital have been hospitalized

Three of the 15 healthcare workers at the “8 September” hospital who are infected with Covid-19 have been hospitalized, the director of the hospital prof. Dr. Hristijan Kostov told “Republika”. The Ministry of Health informed Monday that three patients have passed and 127 new...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 13:37

Half of the population believes that Macedonia’s coronavirus response is the worst in the region, 40% are in favor of September elections

Nearly half of the population believes that Macedonia’s coronavirus response is the worst in the region, according to a survey conducted by the Institute for Political Research in Skopje (IPIS). Forty percent of the respondents, say snap elections are not needed now. The survey, in which citizens...

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