Skopje, 23 July 2021 (MIA) – Vaccination against COVID-19 is taking place uninterrupted across North Macedonia. Field vaccination is also underway. A total of 481,268 citizens have been vaccinated to far, the Ministry of Health said in a press release on Friday. On Thursday, 19,274 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide. Of them, 6,385 received their first vaccine dose. A total of 800,168 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, while 318,900 citizens have been fully vaccinated. The Ministry of Health’s latest figures show that 62 percent of the population over 70; 59 percent of the population over 65; 54 percent of the population over 60; and 44 percent of the population over 50 have received at least one vaccine dose. Walk-in vaccinations are available at the Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena as well as other vaccination sites in Skopje, Kavadarci, Kumanovo, Tetovo, Shtip, Bitola, Strumica, Ohrid, Veles, and Prilep. Medical teams are also vaccinating people across the country, visiting towns and villages. Parents of children over 12 can get their children’s vaccination appointments at vakcinacija.mk The Ministry of Health urges citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as mass inoculation is the only way to defeat the virus.