Tag: vaccine
Macedonia 04.05.21 | 09:01

Varhelyi visits Macedonia during his Balkan vaccine tour

European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi visits Macedonia today, as part of his Balkan tour, during which he is delivering coronavirus vaccines from a program initiated by the EU and Austria. Austrian Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler is joining Varhelyi for this trip. The two will visit...
Macedonia 30.04.21 | 18:28

Commissioner Varhelyi will visit Macedonia on Tuesday as part of a Balkan tour to coordinate distribution of vaccines

European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi will visit Macedonia on Tuesday, as part of his Balkan tour. The Commissioner is coordinating the distribution of 651,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine which is being donated with the help of Austria. This is part of the package of 70 million...
Macedonia 29.04.21 | 20:37

Investigation of Filipce’s vaccine scandal: The Central Bank confirmed that advance payment was made to the Chinese manufacturers

The Anti-Corruption Commission (DKSK), which is investigating the scandalous procurement of coronavirus vaccines from the Sinopharm company, has received confirmation from the Macedonian Central Bank that an advance payment has been made. This, as reported by PressingTV, proves that the contract was...
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 26.04.21 | 23:35

Tone deaf: Medical staff at the only mass vaccination site in Macedonia filmed themselves while dancing

A shocking video showing doctors and nurses dancing to a song at the only mass vaccination site in Macedonia was shared online today. The video was shot in the Boris Trajkovski sports hall, where several dozen vaccination booths are set up. The medical staff is playing a recently prepared novelty song...
Macedonia 25.04.21 | 08:47

Macedonian diplomats plan a mass vaccination trip to Serbia

The union of Macedonian diplomats has made an arrangement with their counterparts in Serbia to conduct mass immunization in Vranje on May 8th. A number of Macedonian trade organizations reached such agreements with their colleagues in Serbia, which is awash with vaccines, but the practice is especially...
Macedonia 23.04.21 | 17:02

Macedonians who got vaccinated in Serbia can get second dose of another vaccine in Macedonia or “AstraZeneca” in Serbia

Second dose with another vaccine in Macedonia or with “AstraZeneca” in Serbia are the options for the 15,000 Macedonian citizens who due to lack of vaccines in the country decided to get the jab in Serbia with the only choice – the “AstraZeneca” vaccine. According to Prof....
Macedonia 23.04.21 | 16:46

Filipce: MPs cannot choose which vaccine they will take

The Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, wrote on Twitter hat the MPs cannot choose which vaccine they will take, after the leader of the Democratic Union, Pavle Trajanov, reacted that the MPs at the last minute were given Sputnik instead of Pfizer vaccines. According to him, the reason for changing the...
Macedonia 23.04.21 | 14:33

Members of Parliament were given Sputnik instead of Pfizer vaccines in the last minute – some lash out at Minister Filipce

As many members of Parliament came to take their coronavirus vaccine in a sports hall in Skopje, some grumbled because at the last minute they were given Sputnik instead of Pfizer vaccines. Pavle Trajanov from the ruling coalition said that he came expecting to get the American shot, and was surprised...
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 22.04.21 | 09:11

Vaccination certificates will be issued to enable travel to Greece

The Healthcare Ministry has prepared a certificate of vaccination which will be used when visiting Greece this summer. Greece announced that it will try to avoid suffering through another poor tourism season and will allow vaccinated tourists from the Balkans and tourists with negative coronavirus tests...
Macedonia 15.04.21 | 13:07

Filipce: No need to order vaccines from Serbia’s Torlak Institute, 2.6 million doses already secured

The Minister of Health Venko Filipce will not order additional doses of vaccines from Serbia’s Torlak Institute which is about to begin producing the Sputnik V vaccine, nor from any other manufacturer, because as he said 2 million and 600 thousand doses have already been secured.  At this moment...
Macedonia 14.04.21 | 20:35

Serbia – the main source of vaccines for Macedonia – begins producing the Sputnik V vaccine

Even as it leads the Balkans and much of Europe in availability of coronavirus vaccines, Serbia is about to begin producing the Sputnik V vaccine. It’s Torlak institute, in cooperation with Russian experts, is prepared to begin producing tens of thousands of vaccine shots a week. Serbia is a major...
Macedonia 12.04.21 | 14:02

Number of citizens who received the first dose of the vaccine rises to 25,000

The number of citizens who have received the first shot of the vaccine rose to 25,000. Most of he vaccinations are conducted at the Boris Trajkovski sports center in Skopje, where older citizens receive Astra Zeneca vaccines and those younger – the Sputnik vaccine. Starting on Wednesday, the Sputnik...
World 06.04.21 | 10:58

Orban: We are fighting and each jab gets us closer to victory

“This year, as was the case last year, we celebrate Easter differently and not in the intimacy of family,” Hungary’s prime minister wrote on social media. In his Easter Monday greeting, Viktor Orban reminisced about the Easter of two years ago, adding that now is the time for work....
Macedonia 06.04.21 | 09:44

Three thousand people vaccinated on the first day of mass inoculation, two incidents reported

Large scale immunization will resume today at the Boris Trajkovski sports hall in Skopje, for a second day in a row. About 3,000 people were vaccinated yesterday, with two incidents reported – in one case a police officer collapsed while taking the shot. Doctors said it was due to panic and exhaustion,...
Macedonia 05.04.21 | 10:09

VMRO-DPMNE: Minister Filipce needs to resign over the vaccine failures

VMRO-DPMNE called on Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to resign over the scandalous lack of vaccines and vaccine preparations. Macedonia is about to begin some vaccination of its most endangered citizens today, long after nearly all countries in the region have started mass vaccinations, and after over...
Macedonia 01.04.21 | 11:38

The expiration date of the first delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines that Macedonia received is May 31

The vaccines that are part of first delivery under the Covax program consisting of 24,000 AstraZeneca doses with which the vaccination of people over the age of 77 began have a shelf life of six months. The expiration date of the vaccines that arrived by June 2021, ie including May 31, 2021, the Ministry...
Macedonia 31.03.21 | 12:16

28-year-old girl who received AstraZeneca vaccine in Serbia hospitalized due to thrombotic reaction

A 28-year-old girl who received the “AstraZeneca” vaccine 6-7 days ago was hospitalized yesterday due to thrombotic reaction, said Health Minister Venko Filipce who visited the polyclinic “Jane Sandanski” where this morning began the vaccination of people over 77 years with the...
Macedonia 29.03.21 | 20:12

Even Zaev regime officials go to Serbia to get vaccinated

Even members of the Zaev regime used the opportunity Serbia made to get vaccinated. Deputy Economy Minister Kire Kolemisevski (picture) and Zaev’s coalition partner Lile Popovska were among the Macedonian citizens who headed for Belgrade and Nish in Serbia to take the vaccine. Macedonian citizens...
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