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Macedonia opened Borders for Passangers
As of Friday, Macedonia has fully reopened its borders, enabling free movement of Macedonian and foreign nationals without the obligation to provide a valid PCR coronavirus test, and without having to be quarantined. The decision was reached by the Government on Tuesday, based on recommendations of the Commission for Infectious Diseases. In addition, the Government decided to fully reopen as of July 1 the Skopje International Airport and the Ohrid Airport. Measures and recommendations on wearing personal protective equipment, i.e. fac…
Macedonia opens border crossings and airports for traffic
The government of Macedonia will open its land borders on Friday (June 26), local media reported. Also the airports will be open for passengers, but some day later from July 1st. The decision was taken at a government meeting and is based on the recommendations of the Commission for Infectious Diseases, according to a press release. Macedonian borders and airports were shut down mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent regional outbreaks have pushed back the opening of the borders. At the meeting, the governm…
Wizz Air extends suspension for Macedonia flights
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said on Monday that it has extended the suspension of flights to and from Macedonia until July 13, local media reported. The suspension has been extended due to local travel restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus spread, state-owned news agency MIA reported. Macedonia's minister of transport and communications Goran Sugarevski said last week that it is still too early to open the airports in the country. The government ordered the closure of the two international airports - in S…
136 Coronavirus cases in Macedonia - Two patients died
The Macedonian Healthcare Ministry informed that 22 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed over the past 24 hours. Most of them were in the capital Skopje (15), followed by the hotbed of Debar – 4. Two patients were diagnosed in Kumanovo and one in Ohrid. This brings the total number of patients in Macedonia to 136. Out of them, one has been cured and two have died. Most of the patients are again in the capital Skopje – 81, followed by Debar with 40 patients, while Stip, Kumanovo, Kavadarci, Ohrid and Gostivar have the number of pat…
Macedonia officially postpones snap elections
The Government of Macedonia announced on monday that it has delayed the snap parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 12th, because of the COVID-19 epidemic, Radio Free Europe reported.
First coronavirus victim in Macedonia
Macedonia recorded the first victim of the Coronavirus disease. A 57-year-old woman from Kumanovo is the country’s first coronavirus victim, macedonian health minister Venko Filipce said on Sunday. Late on Saturday, after she passed away, the competent authorities determined that the woman had been infected with the coronavirus. She was tested three times and the tests did not show. She was in quarantine with her 37-year-old son, the Health Minister said speaking at a news conference. According to the Health Ministry, 29 cases of …
Coronavirus cases in Macedonia rise to 70 - now in Stip, Ohrid and Gostivar
The first cases have been registered in the Macedonian towns of Ohrid, Stip and Gostivar. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Macedonia increased to 70 after three more citizens tested positive for the infection on Friday, the country’s health ministry said. The condition of all patients who tested positive is stable, minister Venko Filipce said in video file posted by the ministry. On Wednesday, Macedonia's president Stevo Pendarovski declared a 30-day nationwide state of emergency. The first case of the nov…
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