New data released from the Ministry of Health shows that 99.25% of those infected with the coronavirus aren’t fully vaccinated. The Ministry of Health announced on Twitter yesterday that the number of infections in Poland since the start of the second vaccination dose is 1,400,416 and that the number of cases of infections among fully vaccinated (14 days after administration of the second dose) is 10 610.
The news comes as health officials warn that the daily number of new coronavirus infections in Poland could reach 1,000 by the end of September and then rise to 5,000 by late October.
Speaking in an interview with state news channel TVP Info, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said that making predictions about the pandemic was „fraught with huge risk.” He went on to predict that number of COVID-19 infections in Poland would begin to rise in the weeks ahead as the summer ends and the Delta variant of the coronavirus begins to spread more quickly.
Source: Radio Gdańsk, Radio Poland
Poland has agreed to admit 500 Afghan nationals for a period of three months in a gesture of solidarity with its UK and US allies.
Michał Dworczyk, a top aide to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, made the announcement at a press conference yesterday, emphasizing that the Afghan refugees arriving in Poland now are people who worked with NATO and Polish troops during their 20-year mission in Afghanistan.
Some 250 Afghans were expected to arrive in Poland on Friday from the US Air Force’s Ramstein Base in Germany, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.
The first part of the group was scheduled to arrive in Poznań “while the others are going to follow during the next several days, and will be provided with accommodation” in Poznań and the eastern city of Lublin. Only 50 of the 500 recent evacuees are set to stay in Poland, while the rest will head to other destinations over the next quarter.
According to Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Poland has airlifted over one thousand two hundred people (1,232) out of Afghanistan through neighboring Uzbekistan.
Source: PAP
Poland defeated Portugal 3-1 in their opening match of the Men’s European Volleyball Championships earlier this week.
The Poles, who are the reigning world champions, will reportedly have an even greater challenge against the top-ranked Serbian team tonight in Kraków. The Serbian team has been undefeated at EuroVolley since 2017 and are eager to prove themselves after sitting out the recent Olympics in Tokyo.
Under Belgian coach Vital Heynen, the Polish team reached the quarterfinals of the volleyball tournament at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, where it was knocked out by eventual gold medal winners France.
Poland is jointly hosting the 2021 EuroVolley championships, which are also being held in the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Finland from September 1 to 19. The Poland-Serbia match is set for 20:30 tonight at Tauran Arena in Kraków.
Source: Radio Poland, eurovolley.cev.eu
Karolina Kucharczyk won gold in the women’s T20 long jump at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday, setting a new Paralympic record and pushing Poland’s medal count to 23 overall.
Runner Barbara Bieganowska-Zając later secured gold for Poland in the women’s T20 1500m, and Natalia Partyka and Karolina Pęk also came out on top in the women’s Class 9-10 table tennis team competition.
Capping off a memorable day for Poland, Maciej Lepiato claimed bronze in men’s T44 high jump yesterday.
Poland has won a total of 23 medals so far at the Tokyo Paralympics, including six gold, six silver, and eleven bronze. Only two days of competition remain, with the 2020 Paralympics set to wrap up this Sunday.
Source: Radio Poland
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and cool, with winds coming in from the north and very little chance of rain. Temperatures will peak around a high of 16°C, or 61°F, cooling off overnight to a low of only 9°C or 48°F. Similar weather is expected through the weekend, with slightly warmer temps returning in the middle of next week.
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