Tag: Венко Филипче

Zoran Zaev, the Prime minister of North Macedonia, in a press conference yesterday announced that he will not accept the resignations of the Health Minister Venko Filipche and the Deputy Health Minister Ilir Hasani about the fire at the modular COVID hospital in Tetovo that claimed the lives of 14 people. "Regarding the рesignations offered by Health Minister Venko Filipche...

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,...

Venko Filipche, the Minister of Health of North Macedonia, announced that on the 28th of April a shipment of 200,000 Sinofarm vaccines will arrive in North Macedonia from China. Also, on the 19th and 26th of April, 10,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccines are expected to arrive as well. Filipche will have a meeting with the mayors and directors...

Venko Filipche, the Minister of Health of North Macedonia informed that 2 500 citizens were vaccinated yesterday out of the 2 800 who registered for vaccination against COVID-19. There were two cases of people collapsing but these cases weren't vaccine-related - they were induced by panic attacks and fear. Until yesterday, 13 000 citizens were vaccinated in North Macedonia and...

In his appearance in Kanal 5 TV's show, Venko Filipche, the Health Minister of North Macedonia, disclosed that the advance payment for the Chinese vaccine "Sinofarm", which North Macedonia was supposed to receive 200.000 doses of by the end of February, was withdrawn for "our safety." But he assured that, notwithstanding, the vaccines will soon arrive in the country. "Taking...

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...

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...

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 Health Minister of North Macedonia, Venko Filipche, said that with yesterday's rise of the number of new cases of COVID-19, it is evident that the country is experiencing the anticipated "Autumn wave" of the epidemic. "Even though many didn't believe in the announcements that it will happen, still the expectations were proven to be real. At the moment, the...

The pandemic imposed new rules to which we will have to adjust to. This requires the protection of public health, but also learning at the same time. We offered a combined teaching system and in order to make it successful we are working on an online platform that will be presented soon, said new North Macedonia's Minister for Education...

The Health Minister Venko Filipche informed on his Facebook profile that the Commission for Infectious Diseases held a meeting this morning and it decided to submit a proposal to the Government that, starting from tomorrow, all citizens arriving in North Macedonia from Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to be obliged to submit PCR tests not older than...

In the past 10 days, the COVID-19 crisis escalated again throughout the Balkans. In the past seven days in Serbia, there were 300 cases daily, in Bulgaria 150, Bosnia and Hercegovina 170, Montenegro 57, Albania 70, and in Kosovo 100 cases per day. WHO has said that 60% of the cases out of the 10 million patients were registered...

I ask for strong support from the citizens for the health workers, I ask for understanding and patience about the cancelation of the regular medical interventions. We are expecting the number of patients at hospitals to surpass the number of the patients who recover this week, but we have a plan on how to manage that. When this period...

During today's press conference, North Macedonia's Health Minister Venko Filipche announced that the names of the people who ought to be in self-isolation, but refuse to do so, will be revealed to the public. Presumably, the names will be published on the web site of the Ministry of Health. „A list of the people that ought be in self-isolation will...

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 press conference when he...

The Committee for Infectious Diseases will send a proposal to the Government for easing the measures against COVID-19 which will include reopening of the educational centers, test centers, betting shops and the shopping malls, the Minister of Health Venko Filipche informed during today's press conference. They will function in the hours when the people are allowed to leave their...

Today, the Ministry oh Health put out 6 of the 12 new ambulances which were procured through a tender from last year in December. They will be used by the Emergency Medical Services at the Skopje Health Centre, while the other six will be given to health centres in Struga, Debar, Kicevo, Krusevo, Kriva Palanka and Berovo, Portalb reported. At...