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Macedonia 23.09.20 | 09:34

Government committee preparing draconian new corona restrictions

Wearing masks even when alone in the open, limiting the number of people that can be accomodated in restaurants and cafes as well as in public transportation and stricter enforcement are some of the measures that the Zaev Government is proposing as it begins to acknowledge the extent of the coronavirus...
Macedonia 22.09.20 | 15:55

Wearing masks will be made mandatory even in open areas

After days of dismal coronavirus statistics, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce warned that the Government will introduce new measures, including mandatory wearing of masks in the open. Masks are currently mandatory in closed spaces, such as supermarkets, banks and public transit, as well as in open spaces...
Macedonia 22.09.20 | 15:05

Healthcare Minister Filipce involved in yet another suspicious real-estate deal

On top of the large residential construction on Skopje’s Mt. Vodno, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce also built a residential building in near-by Kozle, revealed VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. The opposition party demands an answer from the Minister how is he able to afford the ever growing...
Macedonia 22.09.20 | 11:29

VMRO calls on Healthcare Minister Filipce to resign after the latest dismal corona reports

Calling the latest coronavirus reports “signs of collapse of public healthcare”, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to resign. The number of deaths from the pandemic rose to 700 yesterday, which is one of the worst death rates in Europe, and the pandemic...
Macedonia 02.09.20 | 21:53

Healthcare Minister Filipce says the corona vaccine will not be mandatory at first, but promises that he and his family will take it

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that once the Covid-19 vaccine is made available in Macedonia, it will not be mandatory at first, but promised that he and his family will take it. Filipce famously “fake-vaccined” his niece in an attempt to quash anti-vaxxers, which spectacularly backfired. Failed...
Macedonia 26.08.20 | 12:27

School year expected to start a month late, higher grades could also attend in-person education if the epidemic recedes

The start of the school year could be delayed for a month, said SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who is the nominee to form the next Government. The Education and Healthcare ministries were very slow in preparing teachers and the public for the school year, which normally starts on September 1, and schools...
Macedonia 22.08.20 | 18:43

Healthcare Minister dismayed by lack of social distancing during the Petar Graso concert in Bitola

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce expressed his protest after thousands of people gathered for a concert by Croatian singer Petar Graso in the ancient Heraclea theater in Bitola. Pictures from the event show that the rules for wearing masks and keeping distance were clearly ignored by the audience. Filipce...
Macedonia 17.08.20 | 10:03

VMRO: Two weeks before the start of the school year, the Government still has no clue what to do

With two weeks to go before the start of the school year, the Education Ministry has no idea how the process will work, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release. The public was shocked by the indecision and infighting between the Healthcare and Education departments, and by the fact that the employees from...
Macedonia 16.08.20 | 12:07

After the “corona elections”, Filipce announces new curfews and restrictive measures

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced new restrictions on movement, including a curfew, that may be proposed during the autumn months. Filipce said that these would apply in the regions with the highest percentage of infections. The Government lifted the evening curfew in June, when the ruling...
Macedonia 11.08.20 | 15:54

Healthcare experts propose to the Government that public education continues online for all but the youngest students

The Committee on Infectious Diseases proposes that education continues online for all students except for the first graders, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. The public has been eagerly awaiting a decision for the public education system, that has been closed for in-person study since March. The...
Macedonia 10.08.20 | 10:23

Minister Filipce blocked a cystic fibrosis patient who pleaded for his help

The doctor of a young cystic fibrosis patient says that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce blocked the girl on Instagram after she pleaded for his help. The patient, Flora Gashi (20), says that she and two other patients are in bad condition and desperately need Ivacaftor, but the Ministry is not providing...
Macedonia 06.08.20 | 20:58

Healthcare Minister Filipce insists that schools must reopen

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce insisted that schools must reopen and that protocols can be put in place to protect the children. The coronavirus is here and we must learn to function with it. We can’t have the children stop going to schools. We can have preventive protocols under which the schools...
Macedonia 31.07.20 | 10:40

Muslim worshippers urged to respect coronavirus restrictions during Kurban Bajram

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce urged the Muslims to uphold coronavirus rules and restrictions during the Kurban Bajram (Eid al Adha) holiday. While it doesn’t include mass and lengthy gatherings like the month of Ramadan in May, during which the virus spread like wildfire, Kurban Bajram also...
Macedonia 27.07.20 | 14:14

Corona statistics show Minister Filipce failed to manage the epidemic

With the total number of citizens who were diagnosed with the coronavirus rising over 10,000, another, even more worrying statistic, points to the high prevalence of positive tests. Olga Lozanovska from VMRO-DPMNE pointed to the fact that more than 10 percent of all tests are returning positive. This...
Macedonia 19.07.20 | 15:34

Calls to shut down a Strumica night club after photos of a packed concert cause outrage

Photographs from the packed Avatar nightclub in Strumica, with young people partying without any protection and even less distancing, caused outrage in the country. Healthacre Minister Venko Filipce called on the police to intervene, but this could be difficult given that the owner appears to be a major...
Macedonia 19.07.20 | 11:48

Despite dire warnings from the US, Healthcare Minister Filipce insists there will be no corona restrictions

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce insisted that the Government is not planning to introduce additional restrictions on movement and other coronavirus linked measures. Filipce was asked about the projection by a US university that, if restrictions are not re-introduced, Macedonia can lose upto 1,800 people...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 20:55

Minister Filipce gives a qualified apology after he was caught using his official car to go to an SDSM campaign event

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce pleaded ignorance after it was revealed that he used an official car, one donated by China no less, to go to an SDSM party event in Stip. Filipce is mixing official visits to hospitals and Covid-19 centers across the country with his ever more frequent partisan events....
Macedonia 06.07.20 | 17:42

On a day with five new corona deaths, Healthcare Minister Filipce warns that the autumn may turn out to be even worse

Five patients died of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll of the epidemic to 346. The Healthcare Ministry said that four of the deceased patients died in the two main clinics in Skopje used to treat the most difficult coronavirus cases, and one died in Struga. The patients...
Macedonia 05.07.20 | 12:02

While the Macedonian healthcare system cracks under the coronavirus epidemic, Minister Filipce prioritises helping the SDSM election campaign

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party called out Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce for intensifying his campaign events in support of the ruling SDSM party, while Macedonian healthcare is falling off the cliff, pushed to the brink by the Second Wave of the coronavirus epidemic. This past week Macedonia experienced...
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 15:42

Fifteen dead in one day!

Macedonia suffered the worst single daily death toll of the epidemic, with 15 patients dying from the coronavirus in the past day. The worst death toll so far, also registered during this on-going Second Wave of the epidemic, was 12. Eight of the fatalities are from Skopje. Their ages are given as ranging...
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