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Medexpress news summary - November 15, 2022
Published Nov. 15, 2022 11:27
- We are now at such a stage of the pandemic that the number of cases is very low. The last wave is behind us, said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski in an interview with RMF radio. “Currently, the average number of infections is around three hundred. Comparing this with our previous experiences, we probably feel that the situation is comfortable - added the Minister of Health, who was a guest of the Morning Conversation broadcast. Let us remind you that last week the head of the Ministry of Health predicted that the next peak of the disease may fall at the turn of the year. The state of epidemic threat in Poland is to be in force at least until the end of December. The obligation to wear masks in health care facilities has also been maintained.
Meanwhile, interest in immunization has increased slightly in the past week. According to the Ministry of Health, the increase in the number of vaccinations was 13 percent. compared to the previous week. The second dose of the vaccine against the virus in the Omikron BA variant was vaccinated 793 thousand. people over 12 years of age. The number of patients hospitalized due to Covid-19 remains below a thousand in the country.
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A lung transplant was performed at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw in a 64-year-old patient from Żory. This is the first lung transplantation in Warsaw and Mazovia - the development of a new transplantation center in Poland is a new chance for hundreds of patients requiring urgent transplantation and postoperative care. We write more about the procedure at Medexpress.pl
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In the Journal of Laws of the Ministry of Health, an Ordinance of the Minister of Health was published on the appointment of a Team for the assessment of applications for scholarships of the minister responsible for health for students. The tasks of the team include developing in a given academic year criteria for evaluating applications using the point method for granting scholarships for students for achievements, as well as presenting the ranking of applications to the minister, ranked according to the highest number of points, together with justification.
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