Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced the decision at a news conference on Wednesday, telling press that the third wave of the epidemic was beginning to pass but that it was continuing to challenge Poland’s healthcare system.
Poland and other NATO allies have responded with concern to a reported increase in Russian troops near the eastern border with Ukraine.
Almost 1 million new doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Poland with hundreds of thousands more on the way this week as officials say they expect the country’s vaccination programme to accelerate this month.
Top Polish officials spent the weekend commemorating the 11th anniversary of the fatal 2010 Smolensk plane crash. The tragedy took the lives of then-President Lech Kaczyński and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, along with 94 other Polish political and military figures.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 99 after suffering ill health for a number of months. The world famous royal died yesterday at home at Windsor Castle with the Queen at his side.
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.
In Poland, current sanitary restrictions have been extended until the end of next week. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced the decision yesterday, with current rules now set to continue at least until Sunday, April 18th.
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