9 July 2021
A team of specialists today will be examining the type of respiratory infection after the Ministry of Health informed that in the past month at the hospital in Gevgelija, medical help was asked by parents of 50 children and babies with symptoms of respiratory infections, unspecific for this period of the year. Macedonia’s Health Minister […]
14 June 2021
The Health Ministry of North Macedonia informs that in the past 24 hours 1 337 tests were done and 4 new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in the country. Three of them are from Skopje and one from Prilep. In the same 24-hour period, 14 patients recovered and one patient died. Since the outbreak of […]
7 June 2021
North Macedonia’s Health Minister Venko Filipche today formally submitted to the Main Coordinating Crisis Headquarters the proposal of the Infectious Diseases Commission that the curfew and the measures against COVID-19 stay in power until the 15th of June nationwide, announced the Health Ministry. The Health Ministry also informed that last week a patient that has […]
20 April 2021
Starting from tomorrow, the vaccination stations throughout North Macedonia will once again apply COVID-19 vaccines to the citizens. Yesterday afternoon a shipment of 10,530 Pfizer vaccines arrived, procured by the Health Ministry through direct negotiations with the producer. It’s the first shipment from Pfizer, while the second with another 10,000 vaccines is expected to arrive […]
9 April 2021
North Macedonia’s Health Minister Venko Filipche informed that yesterday during the regular coordination with the members of the Working Group for Immunization and the clinic directors, the opinion of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) regarding the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine was being reviewed. In accordance with EMA’s recommendations, each country should have its own […]
25 March 2021
Health Minister Venko Filipche announced through the official profiles on social networks yesterday evening that the first 24 000 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 through the COVAX facility will arrive soon in North Macedonia. As Filipche stressed, it’s the AstraZeneca vaccine. Filipche expects the vaccines to arrive in Skopje on Sunday, the 28th of March, […]
4 March 2021
According to the weekly report issued by the Public health Institute for the period 22 – 28 February, a total of 20.161 materials were tested in the laboratories where the molecular testing for the presence of SARS-COV-2 is carried out, which is by 27.2% more compared to the previous week. 3.628 new positive cases in […]
23 February 2021
The countries which started the COVID-19 vaccination of the population, can be irst can reach a collective immunity from 2 to 5 months from now as they will inoculate from 75 to 85% of the population. But, according to the data provided by Bloomberg, with the inoculation of 4.7 million doses by average daily, it […]
19 February 2021
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 […]
15 February 2021
The vaccination of the health workers that are working in the COVID-19 centers in North Macedonia will start on Wednesday, in the modular ward of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Skopje, informs the Health Ministry of North Macedonia. This will also be the official start of the vaccination against COVID-19 in the country, which […]
17 January 2021
Even though the numbers of new infected patients on a daily basis from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the people who died as of result of the COVID-19 infection in North Macedonia are dropping, the pandemic is still far from over and the people still have to continue to obey the mitigation measures, the epidemiologists warn. […]
11 December 2020
On the occasion of its 11th birthday, the first fact-checking media outlet in the Balkans region Istinomer will organize the online panel discussion “Epidemy of Lies on the Balkans” which will be held on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:00 CET on Zoom. Istinomer, based in Belgrade in Serbia, is one of the founding members […]
10 November 2020
The new government decision to ban groups of more than four people in public spaces was made when we saw that the parks during the weekend are full of people, said the Minister of Health Venko Filipche. “The restriction on groups was made in order not to have gatherings in the parks. After 9 p.m. […]
6 November 2020
The beds that at the moment are available in Macedonian hospitals where COVID-19 infected patients are being hospitalized are quickly filled up. The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has reached 890 which is around 7% of all people registered as infected. Apart from that, as was announced by Minister Filipche at today’s press conference, […]
8 June 2020
This is part of the Emergency medical services (EMS) staff in Skopje that last Saturday (06.06.2020) worked a 12-hour shift from 7 am until 7 pm, providing help for numerous citizens in the capital. Most of the calls were from people who thought they have COVID-19, the sickness that is caused by the novel coronavirus. […]
2 June 2020
Ignoring the virus and denying its existence won’t help anyone. Those that behave responsibly and are abiding by the measures, should serve as an example to others. The restrictions are undesirable and we will be able to avoid them only if we behave in a disciplined manner, said the Health Minister Venko Filipche during today’s […]
19 May 2020
The dangers of pollution with the mercury in the Electrolysis plant in OHIS will be overcome by seeking help from international funds. At the start of 2020, North Macedonia ratified the Minamata Convention for Mercury and as its member, it will have access to new sources of financing for the mercury cleanup. Mercury is an […]
21 March 2020
Until 21h, 6 more persons were tested positive to the virus informed last night, the Health Minister Venko Filipche. The number of registered infected people in Macedonia so far is 76. This means that yesterday there was a record number of people tested positive to the virus since the start of the crisis in the […]
3 July 2019
Starting from July 1st, the State Health and Sanitary Inspectorate is visited by parents of non-vaccinated children with an MRP vaccine who have signed statements that they refuse to vaccinate their children. By the end of this month, they have to state whether they will pay a fine in case of refusing the immunization. -The […]
9 February 2015
This morning, about 6 am, with no signs of life, Tamara from Veles was taken to the Veles general hospital, reports “Telegraf“. The reason for the girl’s death is still unknown. – The girl was brought to us this morning, about 6 am, with no signs of life. We called for an anesthesiologist, a pediatrician, […]
