Politycy Zjednoczonej Prawicy odpowiedzialni za parcie do wyborów 10 maja zachowują się w swoich zeznaniach tak, jakby pandemia wybuchła znienacka w kwietniu 2020 roku, niespodziewanie dla wszystkich, a zwłaszcza dla nich, i wobec ustalonego dwa...
Sprawdziłam na własnej skórze, jak działa w Polsce system w przypadku podejrzenia COVID-19 - pisze czytelniczka.
In most municipalities in Pomerania, kindergartens are yet to reopen. Individual private establishments in the Tri-City resumed their activities on Wednesday, with only a handful of children present.
Infectious disease doctors: - We must lie that patients with AIDS, Lyme disease or other infectious disease may have coronavirus. Otherwise we couldn't treat them. The Minister of Health banned it.
Starting on Monday, the government began reopening shopping centres. As it is the symbolic end of the quarantine, normal life in times of coronavirus begins.
- It is like receiving a verdict, but nobody tells you how long is the sentence. We live under enormous uncertainty - at the exact time that Damian was telling us this, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health were holding a press conference...
The new legislation is turning hospitals into labour camps, plain and simple- warns Dorota Gardias, president of the Trade Unions Forum, on behalf of Polish nurses. - No one is listening to us at home, so we must turn for help elsewhere. We are...
In less than a month, the number of companies planning cutbacks has doubled. While for now there is no sharp rise in unemployment statistics, economists warn that this is about to change. - The effects will be visible in a few weeks or even months....
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - How, precisely, will we end the period of confinement that has stifled entire economies and left more than one billion people sheltering in place? Some have suggested a selective approach, whereby younger, less vulnerable...
Millions of protective masks circulating around Europe do not protect sufficiently against coronavirus. For weeks now, Chinese manufacturers have been issuing fake certificates that do not guarantee compliance with any standards.
This autumn our last building will be finished at the settlement near Arkadia Shopping Mall in Warsaw. This will be a test: how many of our clients who have signed a preliminary contract will finalise the transaction?
After two global summits around COVID-19, the international organization Boma prepared a week of online events dedicated to the future of education - the Boma Education Week. The live sessions with expert guests will be hosted by several partner...
Confused by legal ambiguities of the "anti-crisis shield", business owners and employees send us their questions - "Wyborcza" publishes the answers of legal experts from 14 law firms, big and small.
The COVID-19 pandemic has already killed over 200,000 people in the world, more than half of whom died in the last two months in Europe. Looking at these numbers alone one can understand why governments had to take extraordinary measures such as...
The government has decided nurseries and kindergartens will open again on May 6. Local authorities will make the final decision on opening each institution. The heads of Krakow kindergartens have prepared a list of questions on how to organize...
Just two weeks ago, the Prime Minister said that shopping malls would not be open until the third stage of the restriction-loosening measures. The optimistic estimate for the launching of stage three was on May 18, and many believed that it would...
Dismissing employees over email, forcing them to take paid leave days, depriving employees of severance pay. Such provisions were included in the government's draft of the updated "anti-crisis shield 3.0". Facing the public backlash, the government...
People who used a credit or debit card to buy a plane ticket or an all-inclusive holiday can benefit from a chargeback guarantee if the airline or travel agency has canceled their flight or trip.
The government is playing a guessing game. Having no comprehensive analysis to validate the numbers, the effectiveness of the government's strategy to contain the coronavirus epidemic is still unclear. Even the names of potential experts the...
NFZ reduced the reimbursement amount paid to hospitals for each test from PLN 400 to PLN 280. The new amount is much closer to the ones used as reference in other EU countries, including Germany.
Polish Ombudsman claims that hastily introduced, faulty regulations may lead not only to complications for citizens, but also large costs for public administration in the future. He demands changes from the Ministry of Interior Affairs and...
KGHM has spent millions of public money on Chinese face masks with fake certificates. The masks have been sent to health facilities all over Poland.
The Ministry of Family demands that nursing homes ensure "continuity of medical care" for their residents on their own. - This should be the responsibility of the National Health Fund - the directors of the nursing houses protest.
Nobody knows anything for sure, but there's a wide-spread belief that schools won't reopen before the end of the year - an anonymous source from the Ministry of National Education tells us. Students and teachers are left with uncertainty.
Since last Thursday it is obligatory to keep mouth and nose covered in public. What to wear and how to do it?
The disruption in the European Union caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be temporary, but only if EU leaders take the extraordinary measures needed to avoid long-term damage. Fortunately, there is an easy, fast and low-cost way to finance the...
The new "shield" will introduce subsidies for apartment renters, special solutions for local governments and the tourism industry, as well as larger subsidies for employees' salaries at the largest companies.
A grim spectre of two different pandemics is haunting Poland. One of them poisons our lungs; the other - our hearts and minds.
Forest walks are allowed again starting on Monday. Camping and barbeques remain forbidden. Teenagers will now be able to leave home unattended. Large gatherings inside churches are also allowed again.
Dominika Kulczyk donated PLN 20 million to the Doctors for Doctors Foundation (Fundacja Lekarze Lekarzom) to support medical and health-care services in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The funds will be used to purchase 57 tonnes of...
The impact of the current shutdown will be comparable with the largest economic crises in history. Poland's long term growth depends more than ever on economic policy responses. It is necessary to act quickly, boldly and generously, because each...
Municipal hospitals are to be ready to receive patients infected with coronavirus. This is the voivode's order. Over the next 2-3 weeks, hospitals designated for treatment of coronavirus will face a shortage of beds for patients with COVID-19.
- The voivode called for help from doctors on retirement, mothers of young children, pregnant medical practitioners - the president of the medical chamber explains why only 20 out of 130 medics called to fight the coronavirus came to work. The...
Until recently, the towns of Cieszyn and Czech Cieszyn (Ceský Tešin) were basically one city divided by the Olza River. The coronavirus has cut the frontier traffic, starting queues and border controls. But true love knows no obstacles.
Outsourcing non-business related tasks to NGOs, local governments or even public administration simply doesn't work.
The rule of covering the nose and mouth every time you leave the house comes into force from tomorrow, April 16th, onwards. Who will be affected by the new rules and what are the penalties for breaking them?
The novel coronavirus doesn't just compromise our physical health. Its effects on our mental health are already being felt by millions of people worldwide.
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