Tag: sinopharm
Macedonia 16.05.21 | 12:54

Vaccination proceeds thanks mainly to Chinese deliveries

After loud criticism in the public that young people are being vaccinated ahead of line, Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce insisted that all citizens over 40 years from Skopje, who registered until April, have been given vaccination dates. The pace of vaccinations of about 14,000 a day is expected to...
Macedonia 15.05.21 | 09:44

China donates 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, 38,400 doses of Astra Zeneca arrived through Covax

The Chinese Defense Ministry is delivering a donation of 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine to Macedonia today. The donation comes after the visit by Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe last month. This is the second major delivery of Sinopharm vaccines, which are now the backbone of the vaccination...
World 07.05.21 | 20:08

China’s Sinopharm vaccine receives WHO emergency use authorization

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine had been granted emergency use authorization. Sinopharm is already being used around the world, but the WHO‘s stamp of approval after a review of the safety and efficacy data could provide the public...
Macedonia 03.05.21 | 10:05

With the arrival of Sinopharm vaccines, plans are being made to increase rate of inoculations to between 10,000 and 15,000 per day

With the arrival of 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, after months of delay due to apparent corruption in the Macedonian Healthcare Ministry, plans are being made to greatly increase the number of vaccinations. Macedonia lags badly behind most other countries in the region, and has only about 60,000...
Macedonia 28.04.21 | 18:15

Healthcare Minister Filipce confirms he tried to use a private company in the Sinopharm vaccine contract, but denies taking a bribe

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce denied trying to take a cut from the large vaccine procurement contract with the Chinese Sinopharm company. The deal worth 12 million EUR for 200,000 doses of vaccines collapsed after Filipce tried to use a shell company registered in American Samoa and Hong Kong to...
Macedonia 23.04.21 | 12:23

Macedonia is running out of vaccines again, Minister Filipce expects a large Chinese shipment next week

Macedonian healthcare authorities will begin distributing the Sinopharm vaccine on May 4th, said Minister Venko Filipce. The shipment of 200,000 doses is expected on April 28th and it will be the first serious quantity of vaccines Macedonia will have on stock. The shipment was delayed for months after...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 12:31

Zaev confirms that he tried to use a private company to purchase Chinese vaccines, insists he did nothing illegal

Asked to comment on the latest bombshell report from La Verita, Zoran Zaev confirmed that the Government turned to a private company to facilitate the deal to purchase 200,000 Sinopharm vaccines. The Italian paper reports that the attempt to use a suspicious company in Hong Kong to purchase the vaccines...
News 10.03.21 | 12:00

Zaev and Filipce wanted to insert a suspicious company in the vaccine contract with China and now the deal is out, La Verita reports

The Italian La Verita newspaper, which did some of the most crucial reporting on the major Racket scandal in Macedonia, reveals that it has messages sent by Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to the Chinese manufacturer of coronavirus vaccines. The messages show that Filipce was trying to get a company...

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