Tag: covid
Macedonia 28.01.22 | 10:49

Doctor Panovski: If the world had the Covid death rate of Macedonia, there would be 5.5 million more deaths

Macedonia has six times the Covid mortality of the global average, said microbiologist Naum Panovski. If our rate was applied globally, we would see 5.5 million additional deaths. The pandemic is not that dangerous, unless you’re in Macedonia, Panovski said during a TV interview.  
Macedonia 25.01.22 | 10:10

German report in the Tetovo hospital fire also points to the wiring, still early to say whether it will lead to criminal charges

According to Alsat TV, the report prepared by German forensics experts after the deadly fire in the improvised Covid hospital in Tetovo points to the extension cord used to power a defibrilator as the likely source of the fire. This was also the opinion of local investigators, who are waiting for the...
Macedonia 25.01.22 | 09:52

Hospital capacity becomes an issue as the new Covid wave continues to rise

The large spike in newly diagnosed coronavirus cases, caused by the free-wheeling New Year’s Eve celebrations and the spread of the omicron variant, overfilled the two main Covid centers in the capital Skopje. The 8th of September hospital and the Infectious Diseases Clinic reportedly sent back patients...
Macedonia 22.01.22 | 21:31

Covid spike: Kosovo introduced a strict border regime toward Macedonia

Due to the spining coronavirus infection rate in Macedonia, Kosovo urgently decided to impose a strict border regime. Starting today, the country will ban Macedonian citizens from entering unless they have received three doses of a coronavirus vaccine, or two doses and a PCR test. Unvaccinated people...
Macedonia 10.01.22 | 17:12

Konjanovski: Number of Covid cases in Bitola is escalating, let’s reduce gatherings

We have an escalating number of new cases. The number of hundreds of new cases per week, after the New Year holidays and after all those gatherings in the city increases to 600 per week, said today Bitola Mayor Toni Konjanovski after the meeting of the municipal crisis headquarters and urged the citizens...
Macedonia 01.01.22 | 21:38

9 patients died, 435 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 6,651 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 435 new cases were registered and 6 patients passed away, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The Ministry also added 3 deaths to the report. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered 225,484 confirmed coronavirus...
Macedonia 01.01.22 | 14:15

Baby born to a mother with Covid-19 in new year

The first baby born this year is a boy and is the fourth in the family of Suzana and Goran Stosic. The baby was born in the first minute of the new year and weighs 3 kilograms and 70 grams, and it is 50 centimeters long, said the Minister of Health Venko Filipce on Saturday. Filipce said that two more...
World 27.12.21 | 19:59

More than 2,500 flights canceled as COVID and bad weather create mess

Thousands of flights were canceled Monday, continuing an ugly weekend for holiday travel. Of more than 2,500 planes grounded globally as of noon Eastern time Monday, almost 1,000 were within, into or out of the United States, according to Flight Aware. Since Friday, more than 4,000 flights within...
Macedonia 27.12.21 | 09:22

Disaster narrowly avoided after a Covid patient lit up a cigarette next to his oxygen mask

ire broke out in a Covid ward in the Skopje Pulmonology Clinic today – a patient who was receiving supplemental oxygen took off his mask and lit up a cigarette, which caused the oxygen to burst in flames. The 33 year old man from Tetovo suffered light burns to the face and chest. Fortunately, the fire...
Macedonia 26.12.21 | 22:51

Disaster narrowly avoided after a Covid patient lit up a cigarette next to his oxygen mask

Fire broke out in a Covid ward in the Skopje Pulmonology Clinic today – a patient who was receiving supplemental oxygen took off his mask and lit up a cigarette, which caused the oxygen to burst in flames. The man suffered light burns to the face and chest. Fortunately, the fire was put out quickly...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 00:17

Doctor Stikova: Macedonia has the sixth worst Covid mortality rate in the world

Macedonia ranks sixth in the world in Covid-19 mortality, said doctor Elisaveta Stikova, professor at the Medical Faculty in Skopje, during a debate organized by the Kantar group today. We are among the countries that are hardest hit by Covid. There was a lot of improvisation in how we worked and we...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 12:36

Five night clubs raided because of fake vaccine certificates

Inspectors closed five night clubs in Skopje for Covid violations. In a rare raid meant to check whether patrons are carrying vaccine certificates, numerous violations were found. In one club, on Jordan Mijalkov street in Skopje, police found two people with fake certificates and 15 without a certificate....
Macedonia 30.11.21 | 12:31

Delcevo: Covid patient refused hospitalization, died during transport to Skopje

A 52 year old patient with Covid, who refused hospitalization, died while being transported from his native Delcevo to Skopje. The patient was adamant that he doesn’t want to be cared for in a hospital, even though he had severe pulmonary infection. A Delcevo ER team was eventually able to initiate...
Macedonia 18.11.21 | 18:40

23 patients died, 493 new Covid-19 cases

Out of 2,911 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 493 new cases were registered and 17 patients passed away, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The Ministry also added 6 deaths to the report that occurred in October and November. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia...
Macedonia 18.11.21 | 11:03

Dozen witnesses offered to testify about the Tetovo hospital disaster

A dozen witnesses came forward and offered to testify about the deadly Tetovo hospital fire on September 8th, which killed 14 Covid patients and their family members. We have people who were admitted to other parts of the hospital, and who were able to flee when the fire started to spread, come to us...
Macedonia 17.11.21 | 18:43

VMRO-DPMNE: Instead of stimulating measures, Filipce continues to threaten and blackmail the citizens

The covid death toll from is around 7,500. Every day young patients, a patient in his 20s, in his 40s die on the Minister of Death Venko Filipce. On the European list of deaths per million inhabitants, Macedonia is in a high third place. In the meantime, the Minister of Death multiplies the professional...
Macedonia 16.11.21 | 20:24

Government plans new restrictions to push people to get vaccinated

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that the committee on infectious diseases will meet tomorrow to prepare new steps to push citizens to get vaccinated. Interest in vaccines has dropped as the rate of infection also fell from the high reached during August and September. Our healthcare system...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 12:27

Young people aged 20 to 29 had the highest increase in new Covid cases

Young people between 20 and 29 years of age have seen the highest increase in Covid cases over the past week. This group has seen the number of cases grow by 11.4 percent compared to the last week, the Healthcare Ministry informed. Overall, number of newly diagnosed cases grew by 3.7 percent –...
Macedonia 09.10.21 | 10:57

“The government is campaigning with a smile and cheerfulness, arrogantly offering the best, instead of preparing for the new covid wave”

If we have to choose what is most important for our children, we will say health first, then education. This is how we will start this conversation with Vesna Janevska, chair of the Committe for Education and Science of VMRO-DPMNE. Janevska is both a doctor and a professor. We started the conversation...
Macedonia 20.09.21 | 10:48

Shortage of medical staff contributes to the dismal results Macedonia shows in the fight against Covid

As Macedonia continues to have the highest Covid death rate in Europe, one of the reasons for this inability to competently treat the illness is the shortage of doctors and nurses, said doctor Vladimir Ristovski in an interview with Alfa TV. The large number of deaths is partly because of the fact that...
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