Poland plans to launch drive-thru vaccination points this month in a pilot project as it accelerates its coronavirus inoculation campaign. Amid an expected increase in supplies of COVID-19 shots, the official spearheading Poland’s vaccination campaign, said this week that the first such drive-thru site would be launched on April 15th. From April 23rd, individual paramedics and nurses will be able to administer shots. In May, pharmacies will be able to give out shots, while later that month or at the start of June some Poles will be able to get vaccinated at their place of work. The official emphasized that these would be pilot projects.
Source – Polskie Radio
The Polish central bank’s rate-setting Monetary Policy Council left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, keeping the reference rate at a historically low 0.1 percent. The panel last year delivered a string of rate cuts to help the economy weather the coronavirus crisis.
Source – Polskie Radio
Ukraine has the right to defend itself, the Polish Foreign Minister has said on Thursday during a visit to Kiev after a build-up of Russian forces near Ukraine’s eastern border.
The minister held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart during a visit that officials in Warsaw described as „extraordinary and urgent” and „associated with a threat to peace at Ukraine’s borders.” The Polish foreign minister’s trip to Kiev came after what has been described as destabilizing moves by Russia, the escalation of tensions in eastern Ukraine, the concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine, and an intensification of Russian propaganda.
Source – Polskie Radio
The owners of the Gdańsk landfill site on the outskirts of the city have been fined PLN 1 million by authorities after inspections highlighted a number of operational irregularities.
Inspectors had visited the site after complaints about the smell coming from the site from nearby residents – a regular complaint from residents living around the area of the landfill site. Inspectors found that in some cases waste was being stored in areas that are not designated for landfill purposes, as well as other irregularities. The owners have 14 days to appeal the decision.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
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