Post by JustJohn or JJ on Oct 21, 2021 7:11:19 GMT -7
‘Explosion’ in Covid infections in Poland
Adam Easton
Warsaw Correspondent
The UK is not the only European country seeing a surge in Covid cases. Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe are also experiencing a dramatic rise in infections.
Here in Poland, we’ve had more than double the amount of cases compared with last week, and Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has called it an “explosion”.
The number of new daily infections exceeds 5,000 and the amount of people in hospital with Covid is the highest since the start of June.
Mr Niedzielski said some of the highest infection rates were in regions in eastern Poland with the lowest vaccination take-up.
Overall, 63% of adults here are fully vaccinated, below the EU average of 74%, and take-up has flat-lined since August. The health minister says he’s instructed police to impose fines on people flouting the rules.
It’s increasingly common here to see people in shops and on public transport without facemasks.