Teens under the age of 18 have been given the green light to sign up for COVID-19 shots as Poland ramps up its inoculation campaign.
Registration for those aged 16 and 17 opened at the stroke of midnight last night. As vaccination of minors requires parental consent in Poland, teenagers are urged to complete the initial screening questionnaire together with their parents.
A downloadable questionnaire is available online via the official MZ Twitter account (@MZ_GOV_PL) or on the official government vaccination website at https://www.gov.pl/web/szczepimysie/rejestracja.
For now, only Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) has been cleared for teenagers by the European Medicines Agency. The other three coronavirus vaccines used in Poland–Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Moderna–are only authorized for adults aged 18 and over.
As of Sunday, almost 11.5 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Poland, and more than 4.5 million people had been fully inoculated.
Source: Radio Gdańsk, Radio Poland
The new season of the summer Chopin recitals opened Sunday at noon with a recital by renowned American pianist Kevin Kenner.
Due to restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the concerts have been pre-recorded and will be made available each Sunday at noon on the YouTube and social media channels of the Chopin Institute.
Upcoming concerts will feature prominent pianists such as Łukasz Byrdy, Aleksandra Hortensja-Dąbek, Mateusz Tomica, Viet Trung Nguyen, Maciej Wota and Edward Wolanin.
The Sunday recitals are traditionally held at Chopin’s historic birthplace in Żelazowa Wola and near the Chopin monument in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw. The tradition of Sunday Chopin concerts goes back all the way to 1954; concerts will run every Sunday at noon until the end of July.
Source: Radio Poland
19-year-old Iga Świątek made history at the Italian Open yesterday after defeating World No. 9 Karolina Pliskova in two straight sets (6-0, 6-0) and a record 46 minutes.
Świątek has now moved up in WTA rankings and is now among the top-ten female tennis players in the world, ranked number nine. She is also currently the top-ranked teenager, a title she will give up after celebrating her 20th birthday on May 31st.
Source: Radio Poland, PAP
Robert Lewandowski netted a historic 40th goal on Saturday in Bayern Munich’s draw with SC Freiburg, equaling a 49-year-old Bundesliga scoring record by Gerd Müller.
Lewandowski paid tribute to the legendary German striker by later displaying a shirt that read “4EVER GERD” under his own team jersey. He later wrote on Twitter that he was “unbelievably proud..to play a part in creating the stories that fans will tell their children” and follow “in the footsteps of legends like Gerd Müller.”
Source: Radio Poland
The Polish Ekstraklasa season drew to a close over the weekend, with Legia Warszawa taking the top spot for a record 15th time, followed by Raków Częstochowa.
Lechia Gdańsk ended their season Sunday night with a disappointing 2-1 loss to Jagellonia Białystok, leaving the White and Green in 7th place.
Polish football stadiums reopened to spectators at 25 percent capacity on Saturday as the country eased its coronavirus lockdown measures.
Gdańsk football fans are now looking forward to hosting the upcoming Europa League match in which Spain’s Villarreal will face off against England’s Manchester United in Gdańsk on May 26th at 21:00 local time.
Source: Radio Gdańsk, Radio Poland
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and warm, with winds coming in from the southeast and a chance for rain in the early afternoon and evening. Temperatures will peak around a high of 19°C, or 66°F, dropping to a low of 10°C or 50°F overnight. A similar mix of storms and sunshine will continue tomorrow, with a chance for more sun returning on Thursday.
This has been the Radio Gdańsk News and weather. Take care of yourself and stay safe.
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