Tag: vaccine
Macedonia 10.11.20 | 14:29

Macedonia expected to obtain Covid-19 vaccine by January-February

The expectations are that Macedonia will get the coronavirus vaccine in the first months of next year, the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, said on Tuesday. He says that according to the current dynamics, the country should have the vaccine by January-February. Regarding the manner of procurement,...
Macedonia 14.10.20 | 14:21

Filipce says Macedonia will obtain Covid-19 vaccines at year’s end or beginning of next

Answering a reporter’s question, the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, announced that the vaccine for Covid-19 is expected to arrive in the country at the end of this year or at the beginning of the next. As Filipce said, the order has been made and as soon as it becomes available, all European...
Macedonia 02.09.20 | 21:53

Healthcare Minister Filipce says the corona vaccine will not be mandatory at first, but promises that he and his family will take it

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that once the Covid-19 vaccine is made available in Macedonia, it will not be mandatory at first, but promised that he and his family will take it. Filipce famously “fake-vaccined” his niece in an attempt to quash anti-vaxxers, which spectacularly backfired. Failed...
World 07.08.20 | 12:38

Orban: When the vaccine is ready, we will have it

Hungary has ordered close to 5 million vaccine doses for the novel coronavirus under a European Union scheme to provide potential COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. When the vaccine is ready, we will have it, he said. The European Commission wants to strike deals...
World 24.04.20 | 14:59

First volunteers injected in UK’s coronavirus vaccine trial

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford, BBC reported. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus. The...
Health 22.04.20 | 14:40

Macedonian living in England to take part in coronavirus vaccine trial

Macedonian Borko Andreevski, who lives in England, will take part in coronavirus vaccine trial at Oxford University. In an interview with Telma, Andreevski confirmed that he had volunteered for the trial with a desire to help with the situation. He also explained that 500 young and healthy volunteers...
Health 17.03.20 | 08:54

First human dosed in clinical trial of potential coronavirus vaccine

The first human volunteer has been dosed with a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus as a Phase 1 trial got under way in the US on Monday. “This is the first of multiple steps in the clinical trial process for evaluating the potential benefit of the vaccine,” said the National Institutes of...
Macedonia 18.11.19 | 23:07

Commercial flu vaccination begins tomorrow

Season flu vaccination begins tomorrow for patients who are required to pay commercially for the shot. The price is set at about 10 EUR. Public healthcare officials also said that additional vaccines are being made available for patients who are eligible for the subsidized option. These include those...
Macedonia 22.10.19 | 14:00

Two hundred first graders are not attending school because they are not vaccinated

The Education Ministry informs that some 200 first grade pupils are not attending school at the moment, because their parents skipped the mandatory vaccines. Minister Arbr Ademi said that he is looking into options about these children. Parents protested last week to demand that their children are allowed...
Macedonia 04.01.19 | 12:45

Healthcare Minister Filipce attempts to calm down vaccination fears

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce informed the parents that they have the right to check the certificates and the producer of the MMR vaccines before they immunize their children, as concerns grow in the country after a measles epidemic was declared in the capital Skopje with some 10 new cases. Filipce...
Macedonia 27.12.18 | 15:07

Healthcare Minister alarmed after report that half of 1 year old children have not received the MMR vaccine

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the number of children who have not received the MMR vaccine has reached an alarming rate of 50 percent for those born in 2017 and that this will require banning unvaccinated children from attending school. – About 20 percent of all children enrolled...
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