On Monday, the health ministry informed about 4,394 new coronavirus infections in Poland. 35 sick people died. In total, 130,210 people have become infected in our country since the beginning of the epidemic, and 3,039 have died. The Czech government has decided to close primary schools as well as restaurants, bars and clubs from Thursday. At the first election rally since his discharge from the hospital, Donald Trump appeared without a mask. Instead, he threw them at the crowd of his followers. We follow the events related to the coronavirus pandemic in Poland and around the world for you in our live coverage.
– On Monday, the health ministry informed about 4,394 new coronavirus infections in Poland. 35 sick people died. In total, 130,210 have become infected in our country since the beginning of the epidemic people, and 3,039 died. You can read more >>> HERE <<
– Due to the coronavirus, 5,262 people with confirmed infection are in hospitals. 404 of them are connected to respirators – informed the Ministry of Health. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 81,201 people have recovered – in the last 24 hours, 899 people.
– Despite the sharp increases in infections, restrictions on gatherings and the yellow zone all over Poland, farmers intend to protest in Warsaw today. At least several thousand people are to march through the capital to protest the “five for animals.” You can read about the arguments of the protesters >>> HERE <<
– The Czech government has decided to close primary schools, as well as restaurants, bars and clubs from Thursday. You can read about the reasons for these actions >>> HERE <<
There are no places for coronavirus patients in more hospitals. Such a problem is complained of by institutions, among others, in central Poland – informs RMF FM journalist Michał Dobrołowicz.
These are mainly health centers in smaller towns. E.g City Hospital in Siedlce and District Hospital in Kozienice in Mazovia. In Kozienice, all 24 beds for people with coronavirus are occupied, including two with respirators. And there are more and more sick people. In turn, there are so many infected in Siedlce that subsequent departments have been renamed those that only deal with coronavirus patients. From the beginning of the week, infected people go to the current cardiology department.
There are also no places in covid wards in Małopolska. Additional beds were immediately occupied, among others, in Zakopane, Nowy Targ and Limanowa.
As for respirators, as established by the RMF FM reporter, less than half of the 900 devices are used in Poland – however, for example in the province of There are only 14 free respirators available in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and 13 in Pomeranian Voivodeship for people suffering from coranavirus in the entire voivodeship.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought regional airports to the brink of bankruptcy. “Thousands of jobs are at risk in the Polish aviation industry. Some airports are already reporting that they are in danger of losing their financial liquidity,” the Association of Regional Airports alerts.