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The mandatory vaccination of the health workers and the public administration workers in North Macedonia is something that will not be implemented for the time being, because we reached a conclusion that it will open serious issues regarding how someone that opposes the vaccination process will be sanctioned, Health Minister of North Macedonia,  Venko Filipche, says. "Therefore we shall wait...

It's a risk to start the new school year with physical attendance since there are a lot of people who weren't vaccinated, said Dr. Nikola Panovski. He considers that if a more serious issue happens to one child chaos will ensue in North Macedonia since the situation is very sensitive. According to him, a blended education process will have...

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...

So far, there aren't any decisions regarding imposing restrictive measures at border crossings in North Macedonia, said Health Minister Venko Filipche. He said that the Commission for Infectious Diseases will be discussing this, eventually whether a recommendation to be issued about criteria for crossing the border passing even though, as he stressed, we are seeing that many countries in the...

The new curfew in North Macedonia in its first night, starting yesterday at 10 PM and lasting until 6 AM this morning, emptied the streets. The Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski visited several police points in Skopje. The night curfews, starting at 10 PM and lasting until 6 AM in the morning will take place until the 22nd of March. The...

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. we saw that the parks...

During yesterday's session, the government adopted a decision to ban public space gatherings of more than four persons in parks or anywhere else in open spaces throughout the day, with defined exceptions for this ban. Previously, the ban on groupings started after 9 p.m., informed the government's press service. This is a step further towards strengthening the measures in order to...

Europe is again the hotspot of the infections with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Balkan peninsula is especially affected by the new outbreak of infections. The curves of the graphics in all countries in the region move upwards, something that all health experts and epidemiologists had been announcing several months ago. The low temperatures, and...

If we don't help ourselves, then neither 500 doctors nor 500 nurses or 20 more hospitals will help us. Therefore, we are asking everyone to help, the whole population. We urge them to adhere to the measures and we should do that for us, for our families. Otherwise, the hospitals will be overflooded with patients. Personnel rotations will be...

The restrictive measures that were imposed at the start of the epidemic in March can be introduced again, said for Meta.mk, the Center for Public Health - Skopje's Director, Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov. This scenario would come as a result of the higher number of newly infected persons, which is evident in this period. -Lockdowns and curfews are possible again. If...