The Polish prime minister has said that he has set up a working group with experts from US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer amid efforts to make a coronavirus vaccine available to Poles as quickly as possible. Mateusz Morawiecki held talks with Pfizer executives on Friday after the European Union earlier this week struck a deal to buy up to 300 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine from the American pharmaceutical giant. Morawiecki said that a model of vaccine distribution was discussed during Friday’s meeting. Morawiecki said, „We want to be ready immediately – that’s why several weeks ago we started government preparations, and today we established a working group with Pfizer experts. I’m sure that Poland will be perfectly prepared for the fastest possible distribution of the vaccine to everyone who wants it”.
Source – Polskie Radio
US investment bank Goldman Sachs has upgraded its economic growth forecasts for Poland, saying it now expects the country’s GDP to contract by 2.3 percent this year and grow 6.1 percent in 2021. In its previous projection released in September, the bank expected the Polish economy to shrink 3.5 percent in 2020 and expand by 6 percent in 2021, Poland’s PAP news agency has reported. Poland is the only country in its region for which Goldman Sachs revised upward its forecast compared with September, the Polish state news agency reported.
Source – Polskie Radio
The head of the Polish Olympic Committee Andrzej Kraśnicki has been appointed to the board of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Kraśnicki is set to take over the post next year. He will be the second Pole in the agency, which is currently headed by former Polish sports minister Witold Bańka. Bańka was last year announced as the next head WADA at a conference in the southern Polish city of Katowice. The World Anti-Doping Agency was established in 1999 as an international, independent organisation funded by sports bodies and governments.
Source – Polskie Radio
And finally, police are investigating a nightclub in Sopot after it opened for business despite the current Coronavirus restrictions that prohibit nightclubs from opening. The incident took place on the evening of November 8th after the police were notified of loud music coming from the venue. On arrival, police discovered several dozen people on the dance floor without face masks and not observing social distancing rules. The owner of the club faces a hefty fine under laws of failure to protect public safety and the offence can attract imprisonment of between 1 and 10 years.
Source – dziennikbaltycki.pl
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