Tag: vaccination
Macedonia 13.05.21 | 17:09

Vaccination report: Share of population given at least one dose approaches 10 percent

The Healthcare Ministry informed that so far it has distributed over 175,000 doses of vaccines, and over 25,000 citizens have taken both doses. About 10 percent of the population have received at least one dose. Daily, about 14,000 citizens are being vaccinated. Currently, some 330,000 citizens are awaiting...
Macedonia 10.05.21 | 18:16

Macedonia has one of the worst vaccination rates in the Balkans

Macedonia is tied with Bosnia for the penultimate place in the Balkans in terms of vaccinations per 100 people. Macedonia has been able to vaccinate only 3.56 citizens per 100 people and Bosnia’s rate is 3.25. Only Kosovo does worse, with 1.14 vaccinations per 100 people. This was reported today...
Macedonia 05.05.21 | 09:23

Vaccination report: Most doses issued so far were Sputnik, followed by the Astra Zeneca and Pfizer vaccines

The Healthcare Ministry issued a vaccination report, informing that 75,000 doses have been issued so far. Most were of the Sputnik vaccine – 34,177 in total, of them 22,768 were given as the first dose, and 11,409 as the second dose. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca are in second place. A total of 19,858...
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 29.04.21 | 14:12

More than 10,000 people to get Covid-19 shots daily, said Filipce

Health Minister Venko Filipce said on Thursday that next week six more vaccination sites are set to open across the country, allowing over 10,000 nationals to get inoculated daily. So far, a total of about 60,000 citizens have received shots, mostly elderly people over the age of 70 years and workers...
Macedonia 22.04.21 | 22:48

MPs to be vaccinated on Friday

The Ministry of Health informed late Thursday that MPs will be vaccinated in the Skopje-based sports hall “Boris Trajkovski” on Friday, as part of the vaccination of workers of essential public services included in the National Plan for covid immunization. Vaccination of MPs and employees of the...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 13:30

Sports halls in several cities being prepared to serve as vaccination points

The Healthcare Ministry is preparing sports halls in several cities across the country for vaccination points. Macedonia currently conducts mass vaccination only in Skopje, in the Boris Trajkovski sports hall, which has capacity of about 3,000 people a day. Even that is stretching the supply of vaccines...
Macedonia 14.04.21 | 13:34

Mass vaccination to be conducted in Kumanovo, Stip, Kavadarci, Bitola, Ohrid and Tetovo following the example of the “Boris Trajkovski” sports hall

Mass vaccination to be conducted in Kumanovo, Stip, Kavadarci, Bitola, Ohrid and Tetovo following the example of the “Boris Trajkovski” sports hall, Health Minister Venko Filipce informed on Wednesday. Filipce said that the largest amount of vaccines is expected to arrive from China –...
Macedonia 07.04.21 | 09:28

Vaccination rate reaches about 0.8 percent of the population

During Tuesday, of 2,800 appointments that were made, 2,500 citizens came to take the coronavirus shots in the Boris Trajkovski hall in Skopje, the the Healthcare Ministry informed. This is the only mass vaccination site in Macedonia, opened after 24,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines and 20,000 Sputnik vaccines...
Macedonia 05.04.21 | 09:33

Macedonia finally about to begin mass vaccinations

More than a week after receiving the first more significant quantities of Astra Zeneca vaccines through the Covax mechanism and another donation of Russian vaccines through Serbia, the Healthcare Ministry is finally going to begin mass vaccination of the most critical population. The Boris Trajkovski...
Macedonia 02.04.21 | 15:21

Half of Macedonia’s population would get vaccinated: Which vaccine is most preferred?

Fifty percent of respondents are willing to get vaccinated, 34% aren’t and 16% are still having doubts, shows a public opinion poll of the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” (IDSCS), conducted as part of the Swiss-funded Parliament Support Programme. When asked which vaccine they prefer,...
Macedonia 31.03.21 | 09:25

Macedonia begins Covid-19 vaccination rollout for people over 77

Macedonia starts Wednesday a nationwide campaign to inoculate 20,000 people over 77 with the AstraZeneca vaccine that arrived in the country under the Covax program on Sunday. In Skopje, vaccination will be conducted in the polyclinics “Jane Sandanski”, “Cair” and “Bucharest”....
Macedonia 30.03.21 | 17:10

Starting tomorrow, vaccination of some elderly and sick citizens will finally begin

The Healthcare Ministry is preparing to begin its first inoculation of the general population tomorrow, after Macedonia finally received some vaccines through the Covax mechanism. So far, only medical professionals were vaccinated with about 11,000 Pfizer and Sputnik vaccines that were given to the country. Macedonia...
Macedonia 30.03.21 | 13:32

Who is Filipce hiding: Did high-ranking officials and their families get secretly vaccinated?

VMRO-DPMNE demands declassification of the people vaccinated in order to remove the suspicion that some got the vaccine jumping the line. If Filipce continues to run away and does not publish the list of vaccinated people, media reports that certain government officials got vaccinated jumping the line...
Macedonia 30.03.21 | 13:11

Police officers, Army employees, journalists, judges, JSP drivers, firefighters to get vaccinated as of Monday

The National Technical Group for Covid-19 Vaccines has decided to start inoculating employees of critical state infrastructure starting next week, the Ministry of Health informed. A total of 4,000 vaccines will be allocated for this category from the initial 24,000 vaccines that have already arrived...
Macedonia 29.03.21 | 15:51

Filipce: Vaccination process starts on Wednesday

Macedonia’s medicine agency is set to finalize on Monday administrative processes regarding permits for the AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived recently, after which shots will be distributed nationwide and on Wednesday the immunization process will officially kick off, Minister of Health Venko FIlipce...
Macedonia 29.03.21 | 13:43

Vucic: We are looking for ways to further assist Macedonia and Montenegro in vaccination

Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic said Monday that he was in daily contact with Macedonia and Montenegro and that Serbia is looking for ways to further assist them in vaccinating the population. As MIA’s correspondent in Belgrade reports, Vucic said that he does not understand when someone criticizes...
Macedonia 28.03.21 | 11:16

Thousands of Macedonians head for Serbian vaccination sites again today, as Western countries scramble to repair the PR damage

Thousands of people were registered leaving Macedonia for Serbia today, for a second day, looking for vaccines. Serbia set up mass vaccination centers in Belgrade and Nish, and opened them for foreign citizens from countries who have no vaccines. News sites are reporting that due to the heavy influx...
Macedonia 26.03.21 | 20:03

Does the government want to restrict the right to vaccination: Movement permits during curfew hours for citizens who will go to Serbia this weekend revoked

This afternoon, the police called all the citizens who obtained movement permit during Covid-19 measures this morning and who wanted to go to Serbia this weekend for vaccination, to inform them that their permit would not be valid, “A1On” reported. Until noon today, the Ministry of Interior...
Macedonia 26.03.21 | 14:27

Macedonian citizens flock to Serbia to get vaccinated

Social media in Macedonia are buzzing with people swapping information about getting vaccines in Serbia. Serbian authorities are awash with vaccines from various producers and are opening their mass vaccination site at the Belgrade Fairgrounds to foreign citizens, mainly from Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro. All...
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