Tag: vaccines
Macedonia 24.03.21 | 17:59

Fed up with waiting on Zaev and Filipce, Macedonian chamber of commerce secures a major quantity of vaccines from Serbia

After the MAN association of journalists, and the independent police union, now the SKM chamber of commerce turned to its partners in Serbia and secured whopping 10,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines. This is actually more than the total secured by the Zaev regime so far – they had an 8,000 Pfizer...

Macedonia 24.03.21 | 14:36

Zaev: The Chinese Minister of Defense will come in the country on March 30 and he will say when will the vaccines arrive

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expects mass vaccination in the country to begin later this month or early April. As he stated on Wednesday, the first quantities through the Covax program are expected to arrive in the country by the end of this month, and that the second doses of the Russian vaccine with which...

Macedonia 23.03.21 | 21:01

After Macedonian journalists, police officers to get vaccinated in Serbia as well

The Independent Police Trade Union informed on Facebook that in cooperation with the twinned unions from Serbia, it is in the final phase of negotiations for the provision of vaccines for the members of the Union. The vaccination primarily of the members, but also of the other employees from the organizational...

Macedonia 23.03.21 | 17:39

Mickoski: 30 deaths per day and almost zero vaccines, how could we have any when they chase only commissions

3 months later, 30 deaths per day and almost zero vaccines, except those that arrived as a donation. Neither Pfizer vaccines, nor 200,000 vaccines from China. And how could we have any, when instead of vaccines, they chase commissions. Worrying incompetence, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski...

Macedonia 22.03.21 | 20:07

Taravari: Government takes pictures with donated vaccines, and in the meantime it acts as dysfunctional orchestra

The current number of inoculated people is shameful, in the meantime we have a third wave, total chaos is happening to us. The Commission for Infectious Diseases is copying the measures from Serbia, if they introduce a curfew, it will happen here too. Every month we hear that we will have vaccines, the...

Macedonia 19.03.21 | 20:23

Mickoski: The Government’s incompetence in getting a vaccine deal is killing our citizens

The lies coming from the Government about the vaccine procurement are killing our citizens, said VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, after the Pfizer company confirmed that it still has no signed contract with Macedonia for a coronavirus vaccine sale. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko...

Macedonia 19.03.21 | 14:27

Misajlovski: There are no vaccines, and yet the government pushes for conducting census

Today, VMRO-DPMNE is on the field again, as we promised, we will be with the people, we will be with them to discuss all current issues. Today we are in Cair to talk to more citizens, of course these meetings are in the open, while maintaining distance because we all know in what situation Macedonia...

Macedonia 18.03.21 | 13:45

Zaev and the Government’s lies about the vaccines in three sentences

Shame, debacle, incompetence and chaos. People are dying, they bring with them traumas because of these deserters and criminals. This is how VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski describes the government’s incapacity to provide vaccines on time. This is what Zaev and the Government’s lies...

Macedonia 17.03.21 | 15:46

Geer: Vaccine delivery is not at the desired level, but the Covax mechanism will start functioning

EU Ambassador to Macedonia, David Geer said Wednesday in Tetovo that the delivery of vaccines is not at the desired level, but believes that the Covax mechanism will start functioning properly. He explained that the EU wanted the vaccines to be provided from the very beginning, but stressed that the...

Macedonia 17.03.21 | 15:15

Waiting for vaccines since January, now Filipce says people will have to wait until the first week of April

Venko Filipce came out at another press conference and of course only to say that there is a delay in the vaccination process, VMRO-DPMNE reacted following Wednesday’s press conference of Minister Filipce, who announced that the mass vaccination would begin in April. According to Filipce, the vaccines...

Macedonia 17.03.21 | 13:02

Filipce: I am aware that the procurement of vaccines is not going according to plan

Macedonia is still waiting for the vaccines from China and through the COVAX program, and the authorities are aware that the delivery is late, which leads to revolt among the citizens. At Wednesday’s press conference, the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, assured that the vaccines will arrive...

Macedonia 16.03.21 | 17:08

TV24: Macedonia will be given over 100,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines

TV24 reports that Macedonia will receive over 100,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines in the coming weeks. The announcement comes as more and more European countries are stopping their use of the vaccine due to blood clot issues. Macedonia still hasn’t received any meaningful quantity of coronavirus vaccines...

News 15.03.21 | 20:34

Mayor of the hard hit city of Kumanovo urges Prime Minister Zaev to focus on finding vaccines

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski urged the Government to use all its resources to procure vaccines. Dimitrievski is from the ruling SDSM party but frequently clashed with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, both on his appeasing Bulgaria policy, and over mishandling the coronavirus epidemic. We have some 100...

Macedonia 15.03.21 | 15:35

Mickoski: You are responsible for all sick and dead, how can there be vaccines for the whole world, except for us

The leader of VMRO DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoskii once again pointed out the incapacity of the government to manage the covid crisis. The incapacity of Zaev and Filipce to procure vaccines breaks records. Bloomberg has made an analysis and an interactive map to monitor the vaccination process so far. Macedonia...

Macedonia 15.03.21 | 12:40

Sekerinska claims that Macedonia has long met the COVAX conditions, but the Vaccine Alliance is silent

Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska expressed expectations on Monday that the government will discuss on Tuesday some of the issues related to conditions for procurement and delivery of vaccines via the COVAX program. Answering a reporter’s question, she pointed out that until the government ministers...

Macedonia 13.03.21 | 17:56

New leak indicates that Minister Filipce was trying to greatly overpay for the Chinese vaccines

New leaked documents show that Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce was preparing to pay 12.5 million EUR for the Chinese coronavirus vaccines. The leaked document, dated from January 2021 and revealed through a picture apparently taken from a screen, shows that the purchase was about to be made through...

Macedonia 12.03.21 | 15:27

More vaccine trouble: Pendarovski and Zaev give conflicting statements on the Pfizer talks

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called out President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for giving conflicting statements on the chaotic vaccine procurement process. The reaction comes after Pendarovski said that Macedonia could not purchase Pfizer vaccines because the company had...

Macedonia 12.03.21 | 10:32

Pendarovski agrees that Minister Filipce’s vaccine scandal needs to be investigated

In an interview, President Stevo Pendarovski agreed that the latest corruption allegations against Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce need to be investigated to the fullest extent. Filipce acknowledged that he tried to use a shell company registerd in American Samoa and Hong Kong to purchase Sinopharm...

Macedonia 11.03.21 | 13:53

The failed vaccine procurement scheme was put in place so that politicians can take a cut, VMRO-DPMNE alleges

Responding to the bombshell revelations that the Macedonian Healthcare Ministry used a shell company in Hong Kong in its failed attempt to buy Chinese coronavirus vaccines, VMRO-DPMNE officials accused Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Minister Venko Filipce of concocting the scheme with the goal of...

Macedonia 11.03.21 | 12:13

In a letter to diplomatic representatives, Mickoski urges that the census is postponed till September, and focus is diverted to obtaining vaccines

In a letter addressed to diplomatic representatives in Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urges that the census is postponed for September and the municipal elections are held in early October. Mickoski, who is himself recovering from a bad Covid-19 infection, says that the risks of holding...

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