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Russian COVID-19 vaccines are not banned in North Macedonia
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The Sputnik vaccines are not banned in North Macedonia and they are still available for those who want to be vaccinated for the first time. In addition, the pineal gland, or the epiphysis cerebri, can in no way be affected by a COVID-19 vaccination. This disinformation aimed to create mistrust in the COVID-19 vaccine produced in the EU....
Truthmeter.mk: The vaccines are functional, but no one claims they are 100% effective
Meta.mk under the cooperation agreement with Truthmeter.mk republishes its debunking of disinformation spread among the Facebook users in North Macedonia:
Both unvaccinated and vaccinated people can become infected and transmit the virus, although the difference in the outcome of the disease can be very different for the two groups. However, the greatest risk of transmission is among the unvaccinated, which...
Truthmeter.mk: The PCR tests are not poisonous
Meta.mk under the cooperation agreement with Truthmeter.mk republishes its debunking of disinformation spread among the Facebook users in North Macedonia:
The PCR test is just a simple plastic swab with a cotton ball on top, which is used to collect samples from the nose and throat and then process them in a laboratory. It does not contain toxins, it does...
Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov: Even the vaccinated people should avoid any gatherings
The vaccine is protecting against COVID-19 and life is easier with it. Last summer we didn't have any vaccines, and now when we do have them, there isn't much interest in them. What is very important now is that people should get vaccinated, including the children older than 12, says Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov, an epidemiologist and former Director at...
NMacedonia’s Health minister: For the time being we do not plan new restrictive measures, but they are possible in autumn
For the time being, we do not plan new restrictive measures and we also do not plan to implement restrictive measures at the border crossings or prohibit the big public events in the country. New restrictive measures could be introduced in autumn, said Venko Filipche, the Minister of Health of North Macedonia.
“If the unvaccinated become a hazard for the...
Truthmeter: There is no evidence that the blood count worsens after getting COVID-19 vaccine
A post on Facebook, without any scientific evidence and facts, is trying to convince the people that if they get a vaccine against COVID-19, their blood count will worsen. This is one of the posts on Facebook that are part of the anti-vaxxer campaign, informs Truthmeter.mk.
Shocking!
The people who have taken a "V" have a worsened blood count! A...
12,870 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived yesterday in North Macedonia, another shipment of 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccines expected today
Macedonian Health Ministry informed that a new shipment of 12,870 doses of Pfizer jabs arrived yesterday. It's a regular shipment that we are receiving every Monday out of which 8,190 doses are part of the bilateral agreement between the producer Pfizer and 4,680 are part of the Team Europe program.
Today, another shipment of 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccines is expected to...
Tourists from Serbia will not pay road tolls in North Macedonia this summer – Macedonian government provides 200,000 free toll cards
Nationals of Serbia traveling with private cars will not pay the road tolls in North Macedonia this summer. This decision is a response by the government of North Macedonia to Serbia's humane act to give for free tens of thousands of vaccines against COVID-19 to Macedonia.
The Government of North Macedonia ordered the Interior Ministry to allocate electronic road toll...
Hungary donated 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Border police in North Macedonia
Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani greeted the delegation led by the Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijarto, who brought a donation of 6,000 doses of vaccines against coronavirus, as an act of friendship on part of the Government of Hungary, informed the Foreign Affairs Ministry of North Macedonia.
Health Minister Filipche: North Macedonia could reach herd immunity by the end of summer
Our estimation is that sometime toward the end of summer a herd immunity can be reached, if we take into account the quantities of the vaccines that are expected in North Macedonia. An overview was made on the 30th of April - all citizens who registered themselves at the vakcinacija.mk web page, i.e. 160,000 people who were not vaccinated,...
EU aid package of 4 850 Pfizer vaccines arrives in North Macedonia
Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, together with Health Minister Venko Filipche and the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and the Federal Minister of Austria for EU and the Constitution, Karoline Edtstadler, as part of their visit to our country on the ocassion of the arrival of the first batch of vaccines against COVID-19,...
First shipment of Pfizer vaccines secured by EU expected in North Macedonia in May
The first doses of the Pfizer vaccines for the Western Balkans countries that were secured by the European Commission (EC) and Austria will arrive in North Macedonia and the other countries in May. The delivery of the remaining quantities will continue until August, EC announced today.
The Commission confirmed the information that was published by Austria that by the end...
21.060 Pfizer vaccines will arrive in North Macedonia by the end of this month
The producer of anti-COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer company has sent today to the Health Ministry the agreement for purchasing vaccines, which covers the delivery of 800.280 vaccine doses throughout the year to the Republic of North Macedonia. According to the agreement, the delivery of the vaccines will happen in 4 turns and the first delivery will happen during this month,...
Prime Minister Zaev gives instructions for purchasing 100.000 doses of Sputnik V for North Macedonia
The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev has given instructions on purchasing 100.000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
"Last night I received information from the Health Minister Venko Filipche that we have a capacity, in accordance with concluded agreements and already purchased doses, to make an additional order of 100.000 doses of the next vaccine, which would...
In North Macedonia 453 health workers inoculated in two days
In two days, 453 health workers that are working at COVID centers were inoculated against COVID-19, announced the Health Ministry of North Macedonia
"The immunization of the health workers is proceeding without problems and with full capacity at the modular hospital in Skopje where 6 vaccination stations were placed. The personnel is working in two shifts from 8 am until...
New 347 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths and 168 recoveries in North Macedonia
The newest data provided by the Health Ministry of North Macedonia shows that in the last 24 hours, 2.383 tests were performed and 347 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the following cities: Skopje - 157, Prilep – 35, Kavadarci – 26, Ohrid -19, Kumanovo – 14, Štip and Negotino – 13, Tetovo – 12, Gevgelija – 10, Veles...
The vaccination against COVID-19 in North Macedonia starts, the Health Minister will be vaccinated from the new batch [Photo gallery]
The vaccination against COVID-19 in North Macedonia began today. In the modular hospital situated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in the capital Skopje, the health workers from this clinic received the first dose from the batch of the Pfizer vaccines that was received from Serbia. In the next 10 days, all the health workers in this clinic should...
Around 4.000 health workers in North Macedonia register for vaccination against COVID-19
Almost all health workers that are working with COVID-19 patients in North Macedonia have registered for vaccination, informed the Health Minister Venko Filipche, who explained that their number is around 4.000 people. There are around 3.000 doctors and 9.000 nurses, and recently the Health Ministry published the results of a poll they carried out showing that 70 to 80%...
Macedonian Health Minister: The vaccination against COVID-19 will start this month with the Chinese vaccines
Venko Filipche, the Health Minister of North Macedonia, announced yesterday that the vaccination against COVID-19 will start this month with 200.000 doses of the Chinese vaccines. Their transportation will be organized by the Health Ministry.
Filipche stressed that all vaccines that are available on the market are safe and there aren't any restrictions for any kind of vaccine, as they...
175.200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in North Macedonia through COVAX
The Health Ministry of North Macedonia informed that the COVAX initiative informed that the first shipment of vaccines against COVID-19 through its mechanism will arrive in North Macedonia in March. The first vaccine to arrive will be Astra Zeneca, which is manufactured by the AstraZeneca company in cooperation with Oxford University.
"COVAX informed that between 103.200 and 175.200 of this...
