During the month of the refugee crisis in Poland, 3.4 thousand citizens of Ukraine started vaccination against COVID-19, and another over 2 thousand received another dose of the vaccine. The Ministry of Health has announced that it will issue a regulation on the vaccination of children and adolescents from Ukraine.
What about vaccinations of children and adolescents from Ukraine? Waldemar Kraska announces a regulation in this matter
Published March 24, 2022 15:58
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On Thursday in the Sejm, Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska answered the question about medical care for refugees, providing, inter alia, information on immunization. - The situation at the outbreak of the war was the peak of the fifth wave, so there were a lot of infections in Ukraine. From the very beginning, we introduced the possibility for the vaccination of Ukrainian citizens to take place. I regret to say that these vaccinations are not very popular - emphasized the deputy head of the Ministry of Health.
According to the deputy head of the ministry of health, the slight response to the Polish offer for covid vaccinations can be explained by ... war. - These are people who really experienced a great trauma and moved to another country, so they have other problems. So far, 3,400 citizens have been vaccinated with a first dose of 2,100 citizens. We issued a total of 140,000 referrals for refugees - he stressed. Referrals are given to those Ukrainian citizens who have already obtained a PESEL.
Waldemar Kraska also announced that there will be an ordinance in the near future that will include children from Ukraine in the vaccination program in Poland. - We know that two years ago there was a large outbreak of measles in Ukraine - explained the minister.
At the moment, there are about 700,000 children from Ukraine who fled the war in Poland. - In a moment they will go to Polish kindergartens, schools and hospitals. Therefore, we focus on family doctors to join this campaign of vaccinating the youngest children, stressed the deputy minister. However, POZ doctors say that as long as refugees do not have the opportunity to sign up on active lists, it is almost impossible to arrange a vaccination program for children.
Kraska also informed the deputies that at the moment there are 2018 citizens of Ukraine in Polish hospitals, of which over 1.1 thousand are children. The largest number of Ukrainian citizens in Polish hospitals is in border regions - in Lubelskie and Podkarpackie, as well as in provinces with a large number of refugees (Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie). 95 percent are patients of general hospitals. 237 patients from Ukraine require hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection. 242 people have other infectious diseases.
