A medical staff member wearing protective suit is seen at a hospital in Skopje, North Macedonia, June 6, 2020. On Saturday, North Macedonia's Health Ministry reported 125 new coronavirus cases, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,917, with 1,640 recoveries and 151 fatalities. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)
SKOPJE, June 6 (Xinhua) -- North Macedonia's Health Minister Venko Filipce on Saturday urged media outlets to end unconfirmed reports on COVID-19 situation in the country.
Via a Facebook message, Filipce said that many media outlets had published reports containing unofficial and inaccurate information related to the number of the new coronavirus cases in the country.
"For 100 days, we have been informing the public in a precise and transparent manner, revealing all details about new COVID-19 cases in order to provide the media with accurate information," Filipce wrote.
He called on the media to stop preparing reports with speculation and unverified information on the number of infections in the country, adding that these reports led the public to lose trust in institutions.
North Macedonia has seen an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases recently as a result of failure to comply with the measures on gatherings, Filipce said in a press conference on Friday.
On Saturday, the health ministry reported 125 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,917, with 1,640 recoveries and 151 fatalities.
