“According to our estimates, the peak of the summer wave will be in mid-August,” Minister Adam Nedzielski said and added that the ministry expects 8-10 thousand. illnesses per day. Then the number of hospitalizations can reach 3,000. As the minister stressed, the condition of most patients at the moment is better than in previous waves. Then about 10 percent. patients were under respirators, now it is 1-2 percent. “This wave confirms the thesis that the incidence of COVID-19 is less,” explains the head of the department.
- If we look at the last three days, we are dealing with new infections at the level of 3000. Today’s result is 2999 infections. This result represents a weekly increase of approximately 60%. - revealed the head of the Ministry of Health.
Moreover, our immunity can drop after previous vaccinations. Consequently The European Medicines Agency, in its latest recommendation, recommends that the second dose of the booster vaccine, commonly known as the fourth dose, be administered to people over 60 years of age and to all immunocompromised people.. Finally, the Poles will also take advantage of this opportunity.
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Who is the fourth dose of the vaccine for?
Currently, Poles who have reached the age of 80 and patients with immunodeficiency 12+ can be vaccinated with the fourth dose. However, this will soon change.
On July 20, 2022, Adam Nedzielski said on Troika: “We are already after the meeting with the vaccination team and the COVID-19 Council. In fact, the readings support what the EMA recently announced, i.e. that the fourth dose—that’s what I’ll call it because it’s the second stimulation—is for the population over 60 years of age.”
From July 22, vaccination with the fourth dose is allowed for people aged 60-79 years. This was stated by Minister Nedzelsky.
The change will also affect the time interval between the third and fourth doses. For people 12+ with reduced immunity and all 60+ this interval should be reduced to 120 days. It used to be 150 days.
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When will the fourth dose start?
“Technically, we are also ready for this. everything will happen on Friday and next week. We will issue referrals, it will be possible to subscribe through all these possible channels,” the Minister of Health warned on July 20, 2022.
Directions should appear in the system as early as midnight on July 21-22, 2022. From Wednesday, July 27, 2022, the ministry plans to send text messages to remind all those eligible for vaccination.
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What about isolation and quarantine?
Deputy Minister Waldemar Kraska recalled that currently most countries do not recommend stricter restrictions than the recommendation to wear masks on public transport or at the doctor’s.
Will there be cures for COVID-19?
Family doctors warn that molnupiravir and paxlovid, drugs prescribed for people at increased risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms, are not available in Poland. These are modern tablet preparations that are administered during the first 5 days after the onset of the first symptoms. - We are in the process of procuring molnupiravir - This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Health, Wojciech Andrusiewicz.
Damian Burzykowski / newspix.pl
Source: FAKT
