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Macedonia 16.04.20 | 16:00

Government confirms that its top officials will have to go into self-isolation

The Government confirmed that some of its key officials – including interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski – will go into self-isolation. Spasovski, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce, aid effort coordinator Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani and Education Minister Arbr Ademi were all present...
Macedonia 16.04.20 | 14:17

Top Government officials Spasovski, Filipce and Osmani to self-isolate after meeting with the infected Mayor of Kumanovo

Top Government officials, including interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski, his deputy Bujar Osmani, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce and Education Minister Arbr Ademi are expected to go into self-isolation after attending a meeting of the Kumanovo crisis committee on Wednesday. Today it was revealed...
Macedonia 16.04.20 | 11:49

Bitola doctors were left waiting for days to get the results of an inpatient who eventually came back Covid-19 positive

A doctor from Bitola’s general hospital accused Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce of keeping the hospital in the dark for days over the case of a Covid-19 patient. We waited to have the Covid-19 test results of an inpatient for four days. Now we find out that he was positive all this time. This...
Macedonia 12.04.20 | 16:02

Filipce says that Macedonia will be placed under an Easter lockdown

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that Macedonia will be placed under a lockdown next weekend too, when the country celebrates Easter under the Julian calendar. Macedonia is currently under a lockdown that began on Friday at 16h and will last until Monday at 5h. There were announcements that...
Macedonia 12.04.20 | 10:17

VMRO: 10 percent of all infected are doctors and nurses, left without the necessary protective gear

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called out the Healthcare Ministry over the fact that 10 percent of the coronavirus patients are doctors and nurses. “This is due to the fact that they don’t have the necessary protective gear”, the party said in a press release. VMRO proposed the creation...
Macedonia 11.04.20 | 18:09

VMRO demands a 10 million EUR fund to supply doctors and nurses with domestically produced protective gear

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev called on the Government to immediately remedy the shortcomings in the healthcare system, and to provide doctors and nurses with the necessary protective equipment. There is a lack of gloves, masks, visors. Doctors and nurses are left without protective overalls...
Macedonia 09.04.20 | 17:48

Filipce: A four month old baby contracted the coronavirus

A four months old baby and its mother were diagnosed positive to the coronavirus, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Both the mother and te baby are admitted to the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje, and have light symptoms. The family is from Kocani, and the baby is the youngest patient with...
Macedonia 09.04.20 | 17:22

Filipce gave a broad answer to the Islamic Community’s threat to re-open the mosques

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce refused to directly address the shocking threat from the head of the Islamic Community in Macedonia (IVZ) that he will call on his faithful to violate quarantine rules. Reis ul ulema Hadzi Sulejman efendi Rexhepi asked for financial assistance from the public budget,...
Macedonia 07.04.20 | 20:20

Minister Filipce warns that most patients on assisted ventilation will likely have a fatal outcome

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce warned that the prognosis for the respirator patients is dire. There are currently 67 patients at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje – six of them on respirators. “Latest studies show that 90 percent of the patients that end up on assisted ventilation...
Macedonia 07.04.20 | 18:56

Filipce denies that the Government is preparing for a total, two weeks long curfew

The Government is still not planning to introduce two weeks of total curfew. The proposal has been floated online, and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was asked today if the Government is considering, shortly after the terms of the curfew were made significantly stricter and the time citizens are allowed...
Macedonia 07.04.20 | 18:26

Filipce: The condition of a woman from Kumanovo who gave birth while Covid-19 positive is getting worse

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the condition of a woman from Kumanovo, who delivered a baby boy while she was positive for the coronavirus, has gotten worse. The woman was hospitalized at the Infectious Diseases Clinic straight after giving birth, and was initially reported to be in good...
Macedonia 03.04.20 | 19:07

Doctors from other cities sent to Covid-19 hit Kumanovo after 11 doctors and nurses there test positive

Doctors from Skopje and Stip are being sent to Kumanovo, which was placed under a weekend long lock-down today, and has a lack of medical personnel. Eleven doctors and nurses from the Kumanovo hospital tested positive to the coronavirus, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce revealed today, greatly reducing...
Macedonia 01.04.20 | 13:32

Doctors from Ohrid say instructions from Minister Filipce prevented them from admitting the Covid-19 patient who later died

Doctors from the Ohrid general hospital are defending their call not to admit a patient with the coronavirus, who later died at home. In a press release, they informed the public that the hospital is not equipped to handle such cases, and that instructions from Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce were...
Macedonia 31.03.20 | 10:16

Filipce feels encouraged by the linear spread of the virus

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the linear progression of coronavirus cases in Macedonia is a sign the strategy is working. Macedonia has had between 12 and 29 newly diagnosed cases each day over the past two weeks, and according to Filipce, it’s good that the numbers are not getting...
Macedonia 30.03.20 | 18:57

Ten people tested positive for the virus in the Kozle clinic in Skopje

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce confirmed that eight employees and two patients at the Kozle clinic in Skopje most frequently used for post-surgery rehabilitation have tested positive for the coronavirus. The clinic is now closed and all its patients are forwarded to the 8th of September clinic. The...
Macedonia 29.03.20 | 14:56

Obesity and sudden deterioration caused the death of the 31 year old coronavirus patient

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that obesity was a contributing factor in the death of the the 31 year patient with Covid-19. He is the youngest coronavirus patient to die so far in Macedonia, and Filipce described his situation as exceptionally bad, with collapsed lungs. It is the worst form...
Macedonia 29.03.20 | 14:27

The worst is yet to come, Filipce warns

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce warned the public that the worst is yet to come, after a 31 year old man died from the coronavirus. Filipce said that the number of confirmed patients and deaths will continue to go up. We are entering the second month of a difficult battle that will change our lives....
Macedonia 29.03.20 | 12:45

Two patients, aged 31 and 91, die from the coronavirus

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce informed that two patients died from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. One of them is a 31 year old man. He was placed on a respirator yesterday, but attempts to treat him failed. The other patient who died is 91 years old. Filipce said that additionally, there...
Macedonia 28.03.20 | 12:07

VMRO demands accountability for the obscenely priced coronavirus tests

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party demands accountability from the FZO healthcare fund and the Healthcare Ministry for grossly overpaying for the coronavirus tests. As prices in the “free” public sector are more than three times above those paid in the best equipped private hospitals in Skopje,...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 17:29

Minister Filipce defends the hugely overpriced coronavirus tests

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce defended the extremely high price that the public healthcare fund pays for coronavirus testing compared even to the private sector. It turned out that a private test costs about 1.500 denars (25 EUR) but the FZO public fund pays nearly 5.000 denars (80 EUR) to a publicly...
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