ONE MORE DEATH A 45-year-old patient from Skopje, positive for COVID-19, has died tonight on the way to the “September 8” City Hospital, announced the government press service. According to the Institute for Public Health, the patient had been tested at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
DAILY STATISTICS Minister of Health Venko Filipce at a press conference this afternoon informed of five patients that have died – four at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases (from Kumanovo, Labunista, Celopek and Stip) and one patient who had died in Kumanovo.
NATO Need for joining forces and heightening solidarity among allies with the purpose of successfully tackling the crisis that not only has a health dimension, but also a social and economic dimension, has been concluded by President Stevo Pendarovski and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during today’s telephone conversation.
CHARGES The Public Prosecutor’s Office has so far filed criminal charges against more than 500 people for failing to comply to the measures for prevention of COVID-19. In Skopje alone, 178 people have been reported of failing to respect the prescribed measures. Charges have been filed also for citizens of Debar, Prilep, Bitola, Kumanovo, Strumica, Gostivar, Tetovo, Gevgelia, Kavadarci, Delcevo, Radovis, Berovo, Sveti Nikole, Stip, Ohrid, Kicevo, Struga and Kocani.
TURKISH DONATION The Government at its 37th session determined the text of the agreement between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Turkey for donation of medical equipment and funds intended for the heath sector that is comprised of 50.000 pieces of protective face masks, 1.000 protective medical suits and 1.000 diagnostic tests.
LIMITATIONS The Government has passed a Decree with legal force for limiting the payment of allowances and salary allowances for employees in the public sector during the state of emergency.
“STOP CORONA” APPLICATION The Government has reviewed and adopted the information on the StopCorona! – mobile application for tackling COVID-19 and has authorized Minister of Health Venko Filipce to sign the Agreement for donation between the Information Technology Company Nextsense LTD, as the Donor and the Ministry of Health of Republic of North Macedonia as Recipient of the donation, announced the government press service.
MOST VULNERABLE The elderly are most vulnerable to the consequences of the coronavirus. Official data show that persons over the age of 60 overcome the disease with the greatest difficulty, which for those with other illnesses is usually fatal.
That is why the government crisis headquarters has adopted several decrees that limit the movement of persons over the age of 67, as well as of those under the age of 18, so that the category of citizens that can mostly transmit the disease and unconsciously, does not meet with those who fall under the category of most vulnerable persons. But these days precisely the elderly are the ones who are risking the most.
D. Muratov
