Skopje, 5 August 2021 (MIA) – Vaccination against COVID-19 is taking place uninterrupted across North Macedonia. A total of 523,417 citizens have been vaccinated so far. On Wednesday, 10,984 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide. Of them, 3,905 received their first vaccine dose, the Ministry of Health said in a press release on Thursday. A total of 932,603 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, while 409,186 citizens have been fully vaccinated. The Ministry of Health’s latest figures show that 65 percent of the population over 70; 62 percent of the population over 65; 57 percent of the population over 60; and 47 percent of the population over 50 have received at least one vaccine dose. “Walk-in vaccinations are available at vaccination points nationwide, while medical teams are also vaccinating people across the country, visiting towns and villages. Moreover, parents of children over 12 can get their children’s vaccination appointments at vakcinacija.mk,” the press release read. The Ministry of Health urges citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as mass inoculation is the only way to defeat the virus.