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Northern Macedonia has asked Kosovo for facilities for its citizens during the border crossing between the two countries, respectively the review of the decision that provides for entry into Kosovo with three doses of vaccines against COVID-19 or two doses and a negative PCR test.
This was announced on Sunday, January 23, by the Minister of Health of Northern Macedonia, Bekim Sali, during a telephone conversation with his Kosovar counterpart, Rifat Latifi.
In a post on the social network Facebook, Minister Sali said that “there is understanding for the decision of the Kosovo Government, which has come given the epidemiological situation in the neighboring country, as well as their capacity to cope with this wave of virus.”
But, at the same time, he said that he conveyed to Minister Latifi, the numerous reactions of the citizens of Northern Macedonia for the obstacle caused by the decision in their movement towards Kosovo.
“Jointly concluding that the situation with the pandemic in both countries is almost the same, I asked my counterpart Latifi to reconsider this decision and seek another opportunity to protect the health of citizens of both countries, but also not their free circulation is hindered “, wrote the Minister of Health of Northern Macedonia, Bekim Sali.
The new measures in Kosovo entered into force on 23 January.
Meanwhile, vaccination in northern Macedonia remains low despite numerous appeals from vaccination institutions as the only way to deal with the pandemic.
Over 862,000 people in northern Macedonia have received two doses of the vaccine, while the total number of vaccines applied is around 1.7 million doses.
The Ministry of Health of Northern Macedonia on Sunday registered 20 victims with COVID-19 and 1,424 infected. The new cases emerged after testing 5,604 samples.
The victims were registered: seven in Skopje, three in Prilep, two each in Veles and Strumica and one each in Kumanovo, Tetovo, Gostivar, Struga, Bogdanci, Kriva Palanka.
The total number of victims reached 8,218 and most of them were registered in Skopje.
As for the infected, on January 23 the authorities said that 790 cases were registered in Skopje, while a smaller number in 33 other cities. Active cases are 20,571 people.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, over 256,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19./REL
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