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Anti-vaccine festival at the Health Commission

On Wednesday, as part of the meeting of the Health Committee, a public hearing was held on the MP's bill that gives employers the right to send employees for SARS-CoV-2 tests. It took place, or was supposed to take place, because most of the time was spent by people involved in various types of...

Jan. 7, 2022
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PPOZ on mixed vaccination schemes

From January 3 this year new rules for the implementation of the National Vaccine Program against COVID-19 are in force. Although the Minister of Health decided to introduce mixed regimens with AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BionTech, Moderna and COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen vaccines, the homologous regimen...

Jan. 7, 2022
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FPP and NIL position on vaccination verification

The Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs and the Supreme Medical Chamber appeal for taking into account in the course of legislative work on the parliamentary draft act on special solutions ensuring the possibility of running a business during the COVID-19 epidemic (parliamentary print no.1846) the...

Jan. 7, 2022
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16,576 new and confirmed cases

On Thursday morning, the health ministry informed: We have 16 576 new and confirmed #coronavirus cases from provinces: Mazowieckie (2413), Małopolski (2018), Silesian (1857), Lower Silesia (1656), Greater Poland (1520), Pomeranian (1075), Zachodniopomorskie (812), Łódzkie (801), Kuyavian-...

Jan. 6, 2022
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Adam Niedzielski on the lack of restrictions, after-Christmas anomaly, and the black scenario

- In recent days, we have seen a systematic increase in infections. The increase in the number of infections is a post-holiday anomaly - said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski at the press conference on Wednesday. This interpretation was explained by the lack of a government decision on further...

Jan. 5, 2022
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New Coronavirus Variant - IHU. Is it dangerous?

While in Europe we are trying to tackle the situation with the Delta and Omikron variants and the threat of the hybrid variants of Fluron and Delmikron, a new variant of SARS-Cov-2 has been identified in France.

Jan. 5, 2022
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PNRL's comments to the draft amendments to the act on health care services

First of all, PNRL points to the extremely short - only 3-day - deadline for submitting comments on the extensive and complicated, because it relates to many issues, regulated in many different legal acts of the draft. In the opinion of the local government, such a procedure is in contradiction...

Jan. 5, 2022
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GUS: a huge decline in the number of hospitalizations in 2020

In the atypical year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital bed utilization rate for all general hospitals in Poland was 55%. and was by 14.2 percentage points. lower than in 2019 - informs the Central Statistical Office in the latest study "Health and health care in 2020". Almost 25% of patients...

Jan. 5, 2022
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President Andrzej Duda signed an act on the creation of a compensation fund

On January 4, 2022, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, signed the Act of December 17, 2021 amending the Act on preventing and combating infections and infectious diseases in humans and certain other acts.

Jan. 5, 2022
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Daily report: 17,196 new and confirmed cases

The health department announced: We have 17 196 new and confirmed cases of infection #koronavirus from voivodships: mazowieckie (2601), Lesser Poland (2174), Silesian (2047), Greater Poland (1714), Lower Silesia (1297), Pomeranian (1157), łódzkiego (1063), Zachodniopomorskie (912), kujawsko-...

Jan. 5, 2022
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We are facing a demographic catastrophe. The CSO publishes the report

The Central Statistical Office published the report "Demographic situation in Poland until 2020. Deaths and mortality".

Jan. 4, 2022
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2 billion for pediatric hospitals. Recruitment for the competition is starting

On January 3, 2022, as part of the Medical Fund (Strategic Infrastructure Subfund), a call for proposals for strategic projects consisting in the construction, reconstruction, modernization or retrofitting of medical entities providing services for children (competition no. SIS.01.PED.2021)....

Jan. 4, 2022
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There is a "Draft Strategy of the State Pharmaceutical Inspection for 2022-2025"

The Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate submitted for consultation the draft strategy of the State Pharmaceutical Inspection. The Pharmaceutical Inspection Strategy is an initiative of the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector aimed at the development of effective supervision over the manufacture and sale...

Jan. 4, 2022
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Is the supply of hospital IT systems in breach of competition law?

The President of UOKiK, Tomasz Chróstny, initiated explanatory proceedings in this matter. The employees of the Office received the court's consent to search the premises of several IT companies. Assisted by the police, they searched the premises of three entrepreneurs. The information from the...

Jan. 4, 2022
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Daily report: Over 430 deaths and 11,670 infections

The health department informed: We have 11 670 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1690), Lesser Poland (1122), Lower Silesia (1096), Silesian (1086), Greater Poland (1034), Łódź Province (835), Pomeranian (737), of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (687),...

Jan. 4, 2022
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We already have fluron and delmicron!

In Israel, the first case of influenza (known as flurona), i.e. simultaneous infection with the influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2, has been confirmed. The double infection occurred in a woman who had not been vaccinated against the Sars-Cov-2 virus or the flu.

Jan. 3, 2022
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Ombudsman's report on the effects of the pandemic. What was done wrong?

The Ombudsman prepared a report summarizing the time of the pandemic. What was done wrong and how to correct it?

Jan. 3, 2022
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Changes in the Economic Commission

The Economic Commission was joined by: Łukasz Kucharenko and Sylwia Kacprzykowska. In turn, Mirosław Markowski, a representative of the National Health Fund, is no longer a member of the European Commission. The Economic Commission is a team that conducts price negotiations with pharmaceutical...

Jan. 3, 2022
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The Ministry of Health will check the effectiveness of the use of spirometers as part of POZ and AOS

The Regulation of the Minister of Health on a pilot program in the use of electronic spirometers in primary health care and outpatient specialist care was sent to the announcement.

Jan. 3, 2022
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Shorter validity periods for covid passports. What about a booster dose?

The validity of EU COVID Certificates is changing. The new regulations enter into force in February.

Jan. 3, 2022
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Daily report: 6,422 new cases of ecoronavirus infection

The health department informed: We have 6,422 new and confirmed cases of ecoronavirus infection from provinces: Małopolski (980), Mazowieckie (969), Silesian (815), Greater Poland (563), Pomeranian (469), Lower Silesia (466), Zachodniopomorskie (339), Lodzkie (273), Kujawsko-Pomorskie (260),...

Jan. 3, 2022
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Health Minister on a catastrophic scenario

Over 3,000 deaths a week, 86 per million inhabitants - the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland is primarily a "great extinction". Despite this context, great New Year's Eve events, including the "New Year's Eve" in Zakopane organized by TVP, were held on Friday without any problems, and epidemiologists...

Jan. 3, 2022
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Coronavirus: Latest data from the Ministry of Health

The health department informed: We have 7 179 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1131), Silesian (925), Greater Poland (765), Lesser Poland (764), Lower Silesia (624), Pomeranian (555), Łódź Province (360), of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (312), West...

Jan. 2, 2022
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Daily report: We have 12,032 new cases of coronavirus infection

The health department informed: We have 12,032 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowieckie (1718), Lesser Poland (1276), Silesian (1218), Greater Poland (1121), Lower Silesia (1109), Pomeranian (776), Lodzki (746), West Pomeranian Voivodeship (720), of the...

Jan. 1, 2022
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Anna Gołębicka: Welcome to the dentist world

Polish health care has not been in such a difficult moment yet. And it is not about access to world knowledge, modern procedures or technologies. The world we lived in just disappears before our eyes.

Dec. 31, 2021
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Daily report: 13,601 new cases of coronavirus infection and 638 deaths at year-end

The health department provided the latest information on the epidemic: We have 13,601 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1824), Silesian (1643), Lesser Poland (1462), Greater Poland (1434), Lower Silesia (1037), Pomeranian (892), Lodzkie (874),...

Dec. 31, 2021
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3 reasons for the high number of deaths according to Adam Niedzielski

The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, when asked why the number of deaths infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is so high in Poland - another over seven hundred were recorded on Thursday - pointed to three, in his opinion, the most important causes of the tragic statistics. - It is not...

Dec. 31, 2021
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There is a bill on the modernization of hospitality

According to the promise made by the minister of health on Thursday morning, the bill on the modernization of hospitals has been submitted to public consultations. - This is a day that will go down in the history of hospitality - said Adam Niedzielski at the Children's Memorial Health Institute.

Dec. 31, 2021
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Johnson's "Booster" effective against Omicron

A study by South African scientists has shown that a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccines is also highly effective against the new variant of the coronavirus Omikron. This is another formulation (after the AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines) that has had such results.

Dec. 30, 2021
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Italy tightens rules for travelers

The Italian government has introduced an obligation to show a valid COVID-19 test for travelers from the European Union. This means that even vaccinated people will not be able to enter the country without first being tested.

Dec. 15, 2021