Tag: testing
Macedonia 06.08.22 | 20:10

Panovski: Do not waste money on testing

The number of people infected with Covid is ten times higher than the official statistics, and the percentage of cases is very high, about 50 percent, because citizens no longer get tested for travel purposes only, according to Professor Nikola Panovski, reported Sitel. According to him, many of the...
Macedonia 14.02.22 | 20:02

Random testing will show how immune the public is to Covid

Healthcare authorities began screening the citizens of Skopje to determine the level of public immunity against Covid. At several locations across the city, random citizens were able to give blood today, and over the coming days, to inspect their level of coronavirus antibodies. The analysis will show...
Health 02.06.20 | 12:39

Mass COVID-19 testing starts in five Shtip-based textile plants

Mass testing for COVID-19 has started in five textile factories in Stip, which have been shut down. The director of the city’s Public Health Center, Marija Dimitrova, said that about 200 textile workers are to be tested Tuesday. Two lab technicians from Kocani’s Public Health Center have come to...
Macedonia 13.05.20 | 10:22

Kindergarten employees will be tested for the coronavirus

Coronavirus testing of 2.000 employees in publicly run kindergartens will begin today, the Healthcare Ministry announced. The screenings should allow for kindergartens to reopen after two months. One of the first measures of the coronavirus restrictions was to allow at least one parent with children...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 12:17

Nikolov: The Government is cutting down on Covid-19 testing to advance its narrative

VMRO-DPMNE official doctor Igor Nikolov warned that the Government is reducing the number of coronavirus tests that are being conducted and this had led to a drop in the number of confirmed cases. There are hospitals where the bulk of workers are Covid-19 positive but are not being tested. What is the...
Macedonia 21.04.20 | 21:33

Broader testing will finally begin in May

Healthcare Ministry official Vladimir Mikic announced that broader testing will finally begin in May. Mikic said that the broader public will be tested for presence of coronavirus antibodies, which will show a glimpse into the extent of the epidemic. By June we will have the results showing how many...
Macedonia 21.04.20 | 16:29

Filipce confirms that the sharp drop in newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases is due to the reduced testing

The dramatically lower number of newly confirmed coronavirus patients – just 7 in the past 24 hours, compared to the usual number of over 50 – is due to the major drop in testing, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Only 207 tests were conducted in this period. Usually the number of tests...
Macedonia 11.04.20 | 15:43

Two deaths, 49 newly infected patients over the past 24 hours

Two patients died from the coronavirus, the Healthcare Ministry informed today, and 49 tested positive to the virus. The two fatalities were reported in Prilep and Kumanovo. As for the newly diagnosed patients, 14 are from Kumanovo, 13 from Skopje and eight from Prilep, while Stip, Veles, Gostivar and...
Macedonia 02.04.20 | 11:07

Anesthesiologist, gynecologist and nurse from the “Plodnost” hospital in Bitola infected with Covid-19, hospital director calls for mass testing

Three of the staff at the Bitola Hospital “Plodnost” tested positive for the coronavirus. It is about two doctors – an anesthesiologist and a gynecologist and a nurse. The anesthesiologist and the nurse three days ago had fever and mild cough for one day and are now in good health condition,...

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