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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 will take 6 to...

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 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...

70% of the medical staff in North Macedonia want to be inoculated with vaccines against COVID-19, said yesterday ealth Minister Venko Filipche when he was interviewed for the Top Tema TV show on Telma TV. He said that the health workers who registered themselves for inoculation have sent a good signal. He informs that the way of inviting the health...

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 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...

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 will continue when the...

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%...

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...

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...

The total number of people infected with seasonal flu in North Macedonia during the 2020/2021 season so far is 433 people, which is a drop of 73.2% compared to the same period last year and is 86.3% less compared to the typical season curve, announced the Health Ministry. "The COVID-19 protection measures have contributed to lowering the number of infected...

As anti-COVID-19 vaccination becomes accessible in the European Union, the Czech government has launched a new communication campaign aimed at overcoming the fear of or suspicion about vaccination. And this time, the inspiration for the campaign has found its source in an unlikely place for public health public announcements: poetry, "Global Voices" writes. On December 27, the Twitter account of...

The US Food and Drugs Administration published a list of medical conditions that will be monitored during the vaccination process with the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, and not a list of the side effect that have already happened, reacted the medical experts in North Macedonia when a video was published on Facebook by journalist Boban Nonkovikj that spreads disinformation about the...

As part of its fight against the disinformation and false news that easily cross the borders in the Balkans region and very soon appear in another country or in another language, Meta.mk is regularly transmitting the current topics from the kin services for fact-checking and fight against disinformation in the region i.e. starting from Bosnia in the north to...