North Macedonia: Ballot boxes carried to quarantined homes

A couple wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, walk under an electoral poster of the leader of the ruling Social Democrats Zoran Zaev, in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

A man drives a truck past electoral posters of the leader of the ruling Social Democrats Zoran Zaev, right, and a poster of the leader of the Leftist party Dimitar Apasiev, in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material make their way visiting voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia, Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

A man rests under a tree near an electoral poster of the leader of the ruling Social Democrats Zoran Zaev, in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material check a list of voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia, Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

People wearing face masks exit a bus as various electoral campaign posters are displayed in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

A woman rides a bicycle past electoral campaign posters of the largest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE set on a construction fence along a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Electoral campaign banners of the largest ethnic Albanian party Democratic Union for Integrations (DUI) are placed above a busy a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Electoral campaign poster of the leader of the ethnic Albanian party Democratic Union for Integrations (DUI) Ali Ahmeti, top, and the poster of the leader of the ruling Social Democrats Zoran Zaev, bottom, are displayed in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material make their way visiting voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia, Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

An electoral campaign banner of the opposition ethnic Albanian coalition Alliance for the Albanians and Alternative, is displayed above a pedestrian crossing in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Various electoral campaign posters and banners are displayed over a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

A portrait of the leader of the largest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, is displayed as part of an electoral campaign poster, between two buildings in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material make their way to visit voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia on Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Protective medical equipment for special election teams visiting voters who have coronavirus, are stored at the municipal election commission headquarters in Skopje, North Macedonia, Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

An election campaign poster of the leader of the largest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski, is displayed in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia on Saturday, July 11, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material leave a municipal election commission headquarters on their way to voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia on Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Members of a special election team with a ballot box and voting material make their way to voters who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation, in Skopje, North Macedonia, Monday, July 13, 2020. North Macedonia holds its first parliamentary election under its new country name this week, with voters heading to the polls during an alarming spike of coronavirus cases in the small Balkan nation. Opinion polls in the run-up to Wednesday’s vote indicate a close race between coalitions led by the Social Democrats and the center-right opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)