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President honours health care workers who lost their lives fighting Covid

"We want to pay tribute to all the workers of the Polish health service, as well as to all other people, including soldiers, officers and employees of various industries, who bravely fight the coronavirus every day," said the president during a World Health Day ceremony on Wednesday. Albert Zawada/PAP

President Andrzej Duda paid tribute to health care workers who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the coronavirus and to those who bravely continue to fight the epidemic every day.

Poland's opposition puts forward a healthcare plan

The Civic Platform (PO), Poland's centrist opposition party, on Saturday presented a EUR 21.5 billion plan of mass health screening and subsequent treatment of Poles in a network of 100 hospitals.

Opposition leader says healthcare system "devastated" by pandemic

Poland's healthcare system failed to meet the pandemic challenges, opposition Civic Platform party leader Borys Budka said on Sunday.

Poland to allocate EUR 154.8 million for Rare Diseases Plan

Poland will spend over PLN 700 million (EUR 154.8 million) in 2021-2023 to cure rare diseases as a part of the Rare Disease Plan, the health minister has announced on Monday.

Coronavirus kills nearly 200 healthcare workers in Poland

The coronavirus epidemic has led to the death of 183 Polish healthcare personnel, Health Ministry data show.

EUR 30 mln from EU funds will help Poland fight COVID-19 - ministry

Poland is set to receive PLN 133.5 million (EUR 30 million) from the EU as support for the country's healthcare system in fighting the coronavirus epidemic, the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy has announced.

‘Get the jab’ says first Pole to receive killer virus vaccine

Aleksandra Ostańska from Poznań who currently works at a residential care facility in the UK has urged others to get vaccinated saying “listen to doctors, rely on science.”

New strategy to combat COVID-19 pandemic announced; infection rate slowing

The health minister said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic was growing, however, the growth rate in new infections was slowing down. He also presented a new government strategy to fight the epidemic.

Over 25,000 healthcare professionals infected with coronavirus

More than 25,000 medical personnel in Poland have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the outbreak of the epidemic, health ministry data released on Tuesday showed.

Polish private healthcare to provide 1,000 COVID-19 beds - health min

The inventory of beds for coronavirus-infected patients will increase by 1,000, as the result of those provided by the private healthcare sector, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski told a Thursday press conference after Poland saw a new daily record for coronavirus infections.

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