COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia

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COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia

Пандемија на коронавирус во Македонија

Map of regions with confirmed (red) coronavirus cases (as of 20 April

2020)

Disease COVID-19

Virus strain SARS-CoV-2

Location North Macedonia

First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China via Italy

Index case Skopje

Arrival date 26 February 2020 

(2 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)

Confirmed cases 309,925[1][2]

Active cases 621

 Recovered 300,021

Deaths 9,283

Fatality rate 2.99%

Government website

koronavirus.gov.mk

The COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia is part of the ongoing worldwide

pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached North Macedonia in
February 2020.[3] The initial contagion in the country was mainly connected with the COVID-19
pandemic in Italy as there are circa 70,000 residents[4] of Italy from North Macedonia and
resulted in many people returning to North Macedonia, bringing the virus with them.[5] As of 9
July, over 7,000 cases have been confirmed in the country, due to its second wave caused by
family reunions during Eid al-Fitr among the Muslim minority and the overall re-opening of the
country to organize the parliamentary elections.[6][7][8]

Contents

 1Background
 2Timeline with all events
o 2.1February 2020
o 2.2March 2020
o 2.3April 2020
o 2.4May 2020
o 2.5June 2020
o 2.6July 2020
o 2.7August 2020
 3Management
o 3.1Government response and controversies
o 3.2Social measures
 3.2.1January and February: Beginning
 3.2.2March: Stricter preventive measures and sanctions were introduced
 3.2.3April: Virus continued to spread, masks were required
 3.2.4May: Development
 4Statistics
o 4.1Total confirmed cases
o 4.2Number of new cases
o 4.3Number of new deaths
o 4.4Number of new recoveries
o 4.5Demographic data
 o 4.6Testing
 4.6.1Number of daily tests and positive cases
 5Aid
o 5.1International aid
o 5.2Personal donations
 6See also
 7References
 8External links

Background[edit]
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel
coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[9][10]
The case-fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[11][12] but
the transmission has been significantly higher, with a significant total death toll.[13][11]

Timeline with all events[edit]

COVID-19 cases in North Macedonia  (
 v
 t
 e
)
     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases
20202021 2022
JanFebMarAprMay
Last 15 days
Date # of cases # of deaths

2022-04-29 309,571(+137) 9,280(+2)

2022-05-02 309,769(n.a.) 9,280(n.a.)

2022-05-03 309,790(+21) 9,282(+2)

2022-05-04 309,925(+135) 9,283(+1)

2022-05-05 310,063(+138) 9,284(+1)

2022-05-06 310,140(+77) 9,284(=)

2022-05-09 310,298(n.a.) 9,287(n.a.)

2022-05-10 310,413(+115) 9,287(=)

 2022-05-11 310,506(+93) 9,287(=)

2022-05-12 310,595(+89) 9,287(=)

2022-05-13 310,684(+89) 9,289(+2)

Sources:

 Официјални статистики за Коронавирусот во Северна Македонија

 "Ministry of Health, North Macedonia" (PDF) (in Macedonian).
 "Ministry of Health, North Macedonia" (in Macedonian).

February 2020[edit]
On 26 February, North Macedonia confirmed its first case of SARS-CoV-2, a 50-year-old
woman that got tested at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Skopje. She had been in Italy for a
month and was sick for two weeks. Upon returning to North Macedonia, she immediately
reported herself to the clinic.[14][15] This case was isolated and didn't lead to further infections.[citation
needed]

March 2020[edit]
On 6 March, two more cases were confirmed positive: a married couple from Balanci, Centar
Župa, who were residents of Brescia, Italy, and presumably returned to the country out of fear of
the virus.[16] They entered North Macedonia on 27 February and went to the clinic in Debaron 2
March. They were not initially tested for SARS-CoV-2, but when their symptoms were getting
worse, they were tested on 6 March. After getting positive results, the couple was transferred to
the Clinic in Skopje to be taken care of.[17]
On 9 March the number of infected people in the country increased to 7 - three family members
of the cases registered on 6 March and Nina Caca Biljanovska, the director of the Clinic for Skin
Diseases in Skopje. Biljanovska's incident caused controversy, as she did not self-isolate after
returning from a vacation in Italy. Moreover, she had co