WARSAW (Reuters) – Poles rushed to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday morning after the government unexpectedly opened registrations for people aged over 40 overnight, in a sudden shift that led to so many applications that an online system crashed.FILE PHOTO: A health worker in protective suit waits for people at a test center […]
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Poles go underground for COVID treatment in UNESCO-listed salt mine
People get treatment in the Wieliczka salt mine to deal with respiratory illness, in Wieliczka, Poland February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Tomasz Swierczek WIELICZKA, Poland (Reuters) – A UNESCO World Heritage site in Poland is being used to help people recover from COVID-19, with patients going deep underground in the Wieliczka salt mine to a therapeutic centre […]
Poland to raise upper age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine to 69
FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled “vaccine” in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationWARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish health ministry will raise the upper age limit for people being given the AstraZeneca vaccine to 69, from 65 previously, a spokesman said on Friday. “Today the health minister’s […]