Łukasz Szumowski

Evacuation of Poles from coronavirus-hit Wuhan underway

On Sunday, at a joint press conference with Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Morawiecki said that Poles are safe in the face of the epidemic raging in mainland China. Paweł Supernak/PAP

Thirty Poles evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, central China, were scheduled to arrive in the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław late on Sunday, Poland's Foreign Ministry said earlier on Sunday.

Polish students hospitalised as authorities rush to contain China’s deadly virus which has killed 80 and continues to spread

On Saturday, Polish students from the University of Rzeszow who returned from the infected city of Wuhan following an exchange programme were taken to Warsaw's Hospital for Infectious Diseases to be kept under observation for symptoms of the virus

Poland, US sign agreement on new cancer treatment technologies

A cooperation agreement on new technologies in cancer treatment was signed in Houston, Texas on Friday by Polish Minister of Health Lukasz Szumowski and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Top officials to attend Gdańsk mayor's funeral

Poland's current state officials including President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as well as a number of former heads of state and prime ministers will attend Saturday's funeral for murdered Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz.

Health Ministry plans new Medical Research Agency

To ensure the long term development of the medical sector in Poland and the highest standards of the services offered to patients, the institution will offer grants to companies and research facilities working on innovative and applicable ideas, as well as have a positive impact on the long-term development of medicine.

US-Polish health agreement "historic" says Polish Health Minister

An agreement signed on Friday between Poland and the USA on biomedical science is the first such agreement signed with the US by a free Poland, Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski has said, calling it "a historic event."

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