Tag: covid
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...
Macedonia 14.09.21 | 21:12

Pressure aimed at witnesses of the neglect and abuse in the Covid hospitals

Witnesses who spoke out about the abuse and neglect in the Covid hospitals are being pressured and silenced, sources say. The most dramatic such case came when a man who spoke out after his father and brother died in the catastrophic fire in the Tetovo Covid hospital said that he is receiving death threats...
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 11:28

PHOTO, VIDEO: Dreadful scenes at the burnt Covid hospital in Tetovo

As morning came, the city of Tetovo woke to dreadful scenes at the site of the improvised Covid hospital that burnt down yesterday evening. At least 14 patients were killed and 12 people were injured in the inferno. Local new outlets shared the scene of charred beds and plastic.
Macedonia 09.09.21 | 08:33

Horrific tragedy in Tetovo, at least 14 dead as fire rips through improvised Covid hospital

The Macedonian public remains in the dark about the horrific tragedy that struck the modular Covid hospital in Tetovo yesterday evening. After hours of uncertainty, this morning prosecutors informed there were 14 casualties in the fire – all or almost all of them Covid patients who were hospitalized...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 17:27

Tetovo police files charges against violations of Covid isolation orders

Tetovo police filed charges againts local citizens who violated orders to self-isolate because of Covid. Nine people from the city and villages between Tetovo and Gostivar were charged when police patrols did not find them in their homes, despite the isolation order. These two cities in the Polog Valley...
Balkans 30.08.21 | 10:51

Thousands of vaccine opponents gather against Greece’s Covid policy

Thousands of vaccine opponents took to the streets in two Greek cities on Sunday to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus policies. Local media outlets estimated that 3,000 people took part in Athens, and more than 5,000 in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. Some 200 people broke away...
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