Curfew reintroduced as North Macedonia reports record number of coronavirus infections

Photo: Tanjug/AP

In North Macedonia, over the last 24 hours a record number of people - 120 - have been infected since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic.

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Data from competent services indicates that more than half of the new cases are in the capital Skopje.

Due to the drastic increase in the number of new cases during the past week, the government of that country decided to make Friday a non-working due for the sake of further coordinating in the fight against the virus.

Curfew has been introduced once again in North Macedonia, meaning that Skopje, Kumanovo, Tetovo, Stip and municipalities around Skopje have been quarantined from last night, starting at 9 pm, until Monday at 5 am.

For other cities, the curfew is in place every day from 4 pm until 5 am the next day.

Today, the Bulgarian government decided that the citizens of North Macedonia who travel to Bulgaria must stay in quarantine for 14 days, Plusinfo reported.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)