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Macedonia 13.03.21 | 17:56

New leak indicates that Minister Filipce was trying to greatly overpay for the Chinese vaccines

New leaked documents show that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was preparing to pay 12.5 million EUR for the Chinese coronavirus vaccines. The leaked document, dated from January 2021 and revealed through a picture apparently taken from a screen, shows that the purchase was about to be made through...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 09:20

Filipce admits he came up with the failed China scheme, says he will now try to buy Astra Zeneca vaccines

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce admitted that he was behind the failed plan to purchase Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines using a shell company registered in American Samoa and Hong Kong. China backed out of the deal after it found the company that Filipce tried to use as unacceptable. We used...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 15:31

It gets worse: The company Minister Filipce wanted to use to buy Chinese vaccines was originally registered in the off-shore haven of American Samoa

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce today confirmed that his leaked letters published by the Italian La Verita newspaper are authentic, but denied any criminal wrong-doing in the way he tried to set up the purchase of Chinese coronavirus vaccines. La Verita reported that, instead of organizing direct talks...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:41

Elderly patients will be first in line to receive the Russian made Sputnik vaccines

The newly received 3,000 Russian made Sputnik V vaccines will be used on elderly citizens, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Nearly 100,000 citizens registered on the website set up for this purpose, but with the very small stockpile of vaccines, it’s likely that those with existing conditions...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 11:46

Government expected to introduce overnight curfews

The Macedonian Government is expected to introduce an overnight curfew starting on Wednesday. The Committee on Infectious Diseases proposed that the curfew starts at 22h and ends at 5h. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce blamed the public for disobeying current restrictions and said this is the reason...
News 05.03.21 | 23:05

“Filipce made Macedonia dependent on the Russian vaccine which he rejected in December”

Macedonia has no vaccines other than the 8,000 Pfizer doses donated by Serbia, and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce doesn’t sound too sure when he announced a delivery of 3,000 Russian vaccines on Sunday, warned the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Filipce already misled the public numerous times,...
News 05.03.21 | 21:18

New corona wave: Government will decide whether to introduce new restrictive measures next week

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that due to the rising number of coronavirus infections, the Government will discuss introducing additional restrictive measures next week. We were in intense communication with the members of the Infectious Diseases Committee these past days and we are following...
Macedonia 03.03.21 | 14:53

VMRO-DPMNE exposes corruption in the Healthcare Ministry

A medical provider received suspiciously inflated procurement contracts with the Healthcare Ministry, including, in one instance, a contract in which it received more money that what was provided in its original proposal. VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski presented some of the contracts the Kubis...
Macedonia 27.02.21 | 10:01

Chinese vaccines delivery about to become another fail for Zaev and Filipce

With February almost over, another vaccine announcement is about to be broken. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that a significant quantity of Chinese vaccines will arrive by the end of the month. But yesterday Filipce confirmed that that will not happen. So far, Macedonia...
Macedonia 24.02.21 | 15:25

Filipce: The Serbian donation is enough to vaccinate all medical workers in Macedonia

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the newly arrived donation of Pfizer vaccines from Serbia will be enough to inoculate all medical workers in Macedonia. Serbia donated a total of 8,000 vaccines, in two batches. Vaccinations are going well so far, we have vaccinated 1,300 medical workers, at...
Macedonia 19.02.21 | 18:02

Alternative party calls on Healthcare Minister Filipce to investigate the incident in the Tetovo hospital

The Alternative party called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to investigate the incident that occurred in the Tetovo hospital two weeks ago. The incident reportedly erupted between rival officials from the DUI and BESA parties, who are nominally coalition partners, but also bitter rivals. After...
Macedonia 17.02.21 | 22:14

About 70 percent of all healthcare workers expressed interest to take the vaccine

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that 70 percent of all healthcare workers have expressed their itnent to take the coronavirus vaccine. Modest immunization began today, with over a 100 doctors and nurses taking Pfizer vaccines donated by Serbia, and the current donation is enough for 2,300 people. Healthcare...
Macedonia 16.02.21 | 23:05

Minister Filipce hopes to have all medical professionals who deal with Covid patients vaccinated quickly

Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce insists that the country will make up its dismal start in vaccinations by becoming one of the few countries that have vaccinated all their medical professionals tasked with fighting the epidemic. Macedonia now has its first small shipment of Pfizer vaccines,...
Macedonia 15.02.21 | 16:54

Minister Filipce opens to the possibility of purchasing the Russian vaccine

Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce opened the possibility of purchasing the Russian Sputnik coronavirus vaccine. Macedonia was unable to sign a commercial contract with Pfizer and so far has only received a small donation from Serbia, forcing Filipce and Zoran Zaev to turn to China, after initially...
Macedonia 12.02.21 | 09:13

Filipce says that Pfizer raised legal issues with the expected donation of vaccines from Serbia

Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the problem with the delivery of the Pfizer vaccines promised by Serbia is in the Pfizer company. The company was not willing to have the vaccine resold after purchase, Filipce said. Filipce insisted that the vaccines are imported to Macedonia through...
Macedonia 11.02.21 | 09:48

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Filipce to resign after his failure to organize the transport of donated vaccines from Serbia

Filipce need to resign for his epic failures and incompetence, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release after it was announced that the donation of coronavirus vaccines that Serbia offered won’t be sent today because of technical issues. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce failed...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 14:15

4,000 medical workers asked to be given the vaccine

Even as it is now clear when the actual delivery of the expected 200,000 Chinese vaccines will begin, the Healthcare Ministry plans to open a website so that citizens can register. Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that so far 4,000 healthcare workers registered to take the vaccine, and the rest...
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 14:09

Minister Filipce’s vaccine delays blamed for the tragic death of a young father

Friends and family members of Milos Bisovski, who died of Covid-19 aged just 32, are calling out Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for the delay in providing vaccines. The Zaev Government rejected the offer from Russia to purchase the Sputnik vaccine, and slow-rolled the prospects for China, insisting...
Macedonia 08.02.21 | 15:26

Filipce assures the public that the Chinese vaccines are safe

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce assure the public today that the Chinese produced coronavirus vaccines are safe and will be effective, at a rate of between 60 and 90 percent. “This will be enough to provide a degree of collective immunity”, Filipce said, as he signed the contract for 200,000...
Macedonia 08.02.21 | 09:43

Minister Filipce about to sign a contract for 200,000 Chinese vaccines

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce is set to sign a contract for the purchase of 200,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines from China today. The move is a major climb-down for the Zaev Government, which earlier rejected Russian and Chinese vaccine offers and insisted it will only buy western produced vaccines,...
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