Tag: vaccines
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 09:17

La Verita identifies the shell company Zaev and Filipce tried to use for the Chinese vaccine deal

The Italian La Verita paper today published the letters sent by Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to the Chinese Sinopharm company, regarding the planned purchase of coronavirus vaccines. the letters show that Filipce wanted the purchase to be routed through a private company named Stabri...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 12:36

Nikoloski: Zaev was trying to get a cut of the vaccine contract

Their greed is costing us thousands of lives, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski after the Italian La Verita newspaper reported on Zoran Zaev’s failed attempt to purchase vaccines from China. The deal fell through after Zaev and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce tried to route...
News 10.03.21 | 12:08

Kumanovo citizens go to Serbia to get vaccinated, Mayor says

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski revealed that people from the city which is hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic are going across the border to Vranje in Serbia to get their vaccines. Macedonia has practically no vaccines while Serbia is among the most vaccinated countries in Europe, after sourcing...
News 10.03.21 | 12:00

Zaev and Filipce wanted to insert a suspicious company in the vaccine contract with China and now the deal is out, La Verita reports

The Italian La Verita newspaper, which did some of the most crucial reporting on the major Racket scandal in Macedonia, reveals that it has messages sent by Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce to the Chinese manufacturer of coronavirus vaccines. The messages show that Filipce was trying to get a company...
Macedonia 09.03.21 | 21:04

Zaev: I also contacted people from secret services to help us get vaccines

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced in Tuesday’s interview with Sitel TV that vaccines from several manufacturers are expected to arrive by the end of this month. He also revealed that he had contacted people from the secret services around the world. The Pfizer agreement has been signed. 21,000...
Macedonia 09.03.21 | 20:34

Zaev: Serbia is neutral – that is why they were the first to procure vaccines

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in an interview with TV Sitel that Serbia was the first to procure such a large number of vaccines because it is a country that is militarily neutral. We are complete in terms of European laws and we are a NATO member state. We are different from Serbia because that’s...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 15:41

Elderly patients will be first in line to receive the Russian made Sputnik vaccines

The newly received 3,000 Russian made Sputnik V vaccines will be used on elderly citizens, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. Nearly 100,000 citizens registered on the website set up for this purpose, but with the very small stockpile of vaccines, it’s likely that those with existing conditions...
World 08.03.21 | 10:22

V4: European countries tread their own paths in vaccine procurement

As vaccine procurement coordinated by the EU is still slow, member states have decided to map their own procurement options with many turning towards the Chinese and Russian vaccines, the V4 news agency reports. In the EU Hungary was the first to announce that it wants to procure Chinese and Russian...
News 08.03.21 | 09:45

Siljanovska to Zaev: There is no room for East-West games when you need to obtain vaccines

It’s good that some vaccines finally arrived, after our Government initially refused help from Russia, said VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament and former presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. Macedonia received 3,000 Sputnik V vaccines yesterday, after waiting in vain for Western...
Balkans 06.03.21 | 17:55

Vucic explained how he got the vaccines: I’m more experienced than my friend Zaev, who relied entirely on the EU and didn’t get vaccines

In an extensive interview with Bosnian TV Face, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that cooperation in the region was necessary, as it was the only way for countries to progress and develop, and to prevent young people from moving abroad. In the interview, Vucic talked about the procurement of vaccines,...
Macedonia 06.03.21 | 10:33

Surge in new Covid-19 cases, Zaev and Filipce don’t say when the first ordered vaccines will arrive

The number of Covid-19 patients in the country continues to grow. There is a surge in new patients in Skopje, Kavadarci, Negotino, Prilep and Ohrid. In the past 24 hours, 3,519 tests were performed, and 843 new cases were registered, 11 people died and 333 patients recovered, of which 115 are from Skopje. Healthcare...
News 05.03.21 | 23:05

“Filipce made Macedonia dependent on the Russian vaccine which he rejected in December”

Macedonia has no vaccines other than the 8,000 Pfizer doses donated by Serbia, and Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce doesn’t sound too sure when he announced a delivery of 3,000 Russian vaccines on Sunday, warned the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. Filipce already misled the public numerous times,...
Macedonia 05.03.21 | 15:29

Zaev: First batch of 3,000 Russian vaccines expected to arrive on Sunday

I have information that the first batch of 3,000 Russian vaccines are expected to arrive, said today the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, answering a reporter’s question at an event in the Skopje municipality of Karpos. On Sunday, we expect the first 3,000 vaccines to arrive via DHL. The Minister is...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 13:02

Zaev: Definitely insufficient production capacity of all vaccines in the world is the reason for the delay in our country

Definitely the insufficient production capacity of Pfizer and all other vaccines in the world is the reason for the delay of vaccines in our country. I believe that it is really matter of days. Our country has taken everything necessary to be able to procure vaccines as soon as possible, Prime Minister...
Macedonia 28.02.21 | 16:05

Healthcare Ministry confirms that Sinopharm returned the advance payment, but insists that the vaccine deal is still on

The Macedonian Healthcare Ministry confirmed that the Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinopharm returned the advance payment Macedonia made in the planned purchase of 200,000 vaccines, but insists that this does not mean that the deal is off. The report of the return of the payment was first made public...
Macedonia 27.02.21 | 18:09

New problems reported with the Chinese coronavirus contract

VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Dimitar Arsovski said that the party was notified that the Chinese coronavirus vaccine manufacturers have paid back the advance Macedonia paid for the purchase of 200,000 vaccines. According to Arsovski, this indicated that the contract is about to go south. The vaccines from China...
Macedonia 27.02.21 | 10:01

Chinese vaccines delivery about to become another fail for Zaev and Filipce

With February almost over, another vaccine announcement is about to be broken. The Zaev regime and his Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that a significant quantity of Chinese vaccines will arrive by the end of the month. But yesterday Filipce confirmed that that will not happen. So far, Macedonia...
Macedonia 25.02.21 | 18:02

1,677 healthcare workers vaccinated until now

A total of 1,677 healthcare workers have been vaccinated until now, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. The inoculation is taking place in a field hospital set up next to the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje with “Pfizer” vaccines which the country received as a donation from Serbia. As...
Macedonia 24.02.21 | 15:25

Filipce: The Serbian donation is enough to vaccinate all medical workers in Macedonia

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce said that the newly arrived donation of Pfizer vaccines from Serbia will be enough to inoculate all medical workers in Macedonia. Serbia donated a total of 8,000 vaccines, in two batches. Vaccinations are going well so far, we have vaccinated 1,300 medical workers, at...
Macedonia 24.02.21 | 13:54

LIVE: Serbia delivers second batch of its vaccine donation to Macedonia

The second batch of Pfizer vaccines donated by Serbia to Macedonia arrived at the Tabanovce border crossing. Serbia donated a total of 8,000 doses, and delivered 4,680 in the first batch. Live video of the ceremony is available here.
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