Tag: karadzovski
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 17:26

Doctor Karadzovski blames the mass weddings held over the summer for the current wave of the epidemic

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, head of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, said that the mass wedding and other celebrations held during the summer months, caused the current Fourth Wave of the epidemic. We had 10 cases a day at the beginning of the summer, and now we have 1,200. The situation is uncertain...

Macedonia 12.03.21 | 13:29

Doctor Karadzovski and his team of medical experts asked to decide whether the census will take place

After the State Statistics Bureau (DZS) agreed that it will postpone the census if medical experts advise so, the pressure is on the Committee on Infectious Diseases and its chief, doctor Zarko Karadzovski. Recommendations from the Committee are usually adopted as proposed by the Government, but the...

Macedonia 03.01.21 | 18:43

Head of the corona committee in Macedonia, doctor Karadzovski, tests positive to the virus

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, head of the Infectious Diseases Committee, tested positive to the coronavirus. He is currently in isolation at home, as is his wife. The Healthcare Ministry informed that the doctor is feeling well and that he was not in contact with other Committee members in the past days....

Macedonia 26.10.20 | 17:14

Medical workers are at the end of their strength as the number of coronavirus cases shoots up

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, who heads the Infectious diseases committee, said that he will not resign in light of the greatly deteriorating situation with the coronavirus epidemic. Karadzovski dismissed allegations of personal corruption and laid the blame for the spiking infection and death rates at the...

Macedonia 06.09.20 | 11:48

Epidemiologist begs the young to avoid the nightclubs

Epidemiologist Zarko Karadzovski pleaded with the young to stop attending mass parties like the ones held in the now notorious Avatar night club in Strumica. Authorities were unable to close the nightclub which apparently is under the protection of the Zaev family. Young people should know that the virus...

Macedonia 29.07.20 | 14:30

Plans to increase coronavirus testing capacity and to add two field hospitals

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, the head of the Committee on infectious diseases, said that the Healthcare Ministry is working to greatly increase the capacity for coronavirus testing. Karadzovski said that there are currently 11 institutes that conduct the tests, and that three more will be added, leading...

Macedonia 09.06.20 | 11:07

Doctor Panovski: The corona committee was led by politics while making its recommendations

Microbiologist Nikola Panovski joined in the criticism of the Committee on infectious diseases for its politization of the response to the coronavirus epidemic. The Committee proposed that restrictions are relaxed two weeks ago, as the ruling SDSM party was pushing for elections to take place as soon...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 21:09

After the tense corona press conference, Telma director Kirovski posts, then deletes a comment critical of doctor Karadzovski’s actions

Atanas Kirovski, director of the Telma TV station, posted and then deleted a comment strongly critical of the behavior of Zarko Karadzovski, head of the Committee on infectious diseases and toward Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. As the daily reports of newly infected patients and deaths continue to...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 20:18

Mickoski demands resignations from doctor Karadzovski and his epidemic committee because of their partisanship

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski demanded the removal of the current Committee on infectious diseases, calling the powerful body that is leading the response to the coronavirus a partisan institution. His call comes after a tense press conference in which the head of the Committee Zarko Karadzovski...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 18:22

Corona press conference turns testy as experts confirm that the Second Wave of the epidemic was caused by Muslim holiday gatherings

The daily press conference on the state of the coronavirus epidemic descended into angry recriminations, after the head of the Committee on infectious diseases Zarko Karadzovski said that the Second Wave of the epidemic was caused by the long and massively attended iftar dinners held during the month...

Macedonia 08.06.20 | 16:59

Karadzovski: The Second Wave was caused by the iftar dinners

Doctor Zarko Karadzovski, who heads the Committee on infectious diseases, confirmed that the current second wave of coronavirus, which has hit Macedonia especially hard, was caused by the disregard for the social distancing orders during the Muslim month or Ramadan. The spike that came after May 26 is...

Macedonia 05.06.20 | 15:34

Filipce and Karadzovski endangered the whole of Macedonia with the weekend lockdown order

Epidemiologist Toni Konjanovski accused the Government of endangering the entire country with its reckless weekend curfew policy. The Government ordered the capital Skopje and several other densely populated cities to go under a total lockdown for more than three days, which just prompted tens of thousands...

Macedonia 26.05.20 | 22:29

Experts divided on the Government decision to end the curfew, as parts of Skopje remain high risk areas

Doctor Nikola Panovski came out strongly against the Government decision to end the curfew throughout the whole of Macedonia. The microbiology expert pointed to the fact that parts of the country, like the large Saraj district west of Skopje, have numbers worse than Debar did at the start of the epidemic,...

Macedonia 21.03.19 | 12:08

President of the Judicial Council Karadzovski summoned for questioning by state prosecutors

State prosecutors are questioning the President of the Judicial Council of Macedonia Zoran Karadzovski this morning. According to a press release from the prosecutor’s office, Karadzovski is being questioned over a decision made by the Council to increase salaries of judges by 35 percent, which...