President Andrzej Duda has proposed to further strengthen NATO’s military presence in Eastern Europe.
This is a response to the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border, where the regime of Alexander Lukashenko sent thousands of migrants from the Middle East.
The Polish president discussed this subject at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. Further sanctions against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko must be planned, including trade sanctions, with the hope that they will not be needed, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Berlin. After talks with the head of the Polish government, Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that Germany was fully in solidarity with Poland as regards the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. Today, the head of the Polish government is in Great Britain, where a talk with Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
The European Medicines Agency has approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnata vaccines for children between the ages of 5 and 11.
Children of this age will have a different vaccine than that given to adults and with a lower dosage. The drug agency research shows that the vaccine is safe for children. Meanwhile, cases of severe COVID-19 infection in very young people have been observed in all European countries. In addition, as the EMA notes, vaccination of as much of the population as possible is necessary to achieve herd immunity. It is now up to each Member State to decide from when and how vaccines for children will be available.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Hospital in Słupsk with another vaccination campaign. Last weekend, 377 people took part in the „Vaccinate Saturday” campaign.
– We have not vaccinated so many people in one day for a long time. We are repeating the event, patients will have 3 different preparations to choose from – said Marcin Prusak, spokesman for the Provincial Hospital in Słupsk. The hospital is waiting for those willing to vaccinate from 9.00 to 17.00. Patients will be checked by a doctor, thanks to which it will also be possible to vaccinate children from 12 years of age.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Gdańsk police have broken up a criminal gang who were responsible for robbing travellers at the train station in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz and on trains in the area.
Three men aged 44 to 54 were arrested. The criminals were acting as a team, with two of the mean setting up distractions and the third was stealing mobile phones, ATM cards, money and documents from travellers. If convicted the group members could receive up to 10 years in prison.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will remain cloudy day in a light breeze with temperatures reaching only 4 degrees centigrade (39 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to -1 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will remain cloudy with chances of sleet during the day and temperatures reaching 3 degrees during the day and 0 degrees overnight.
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