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A scandal in Poland has been caused by the extraordinary vaccination of the coronavirus by several public figures who would not yet have the right to do so, including Leszek Miller MEP, former head of government, as well as several actors. An investigation is ongoing.
The extraordinary vaccines came to light after Leszek Miller, a left-wing politician from the Democratic Alliance (SLD), told the Twitter community last Thursday that he had received the first dose of the vaccine at the clinic the day before. .
On that day, the Warsaw Medical University (WUM), where one of the designated vaccination sites operates, said that “additional vaccines” had been used to vaccinate, among others, 18 actors and other well-known personalities from the world of culture. .
Vaccinated celebrities, according to WUM, have agreed to participate in the vaccination promotion campaign. The names of the artists were not released by the clinic, but on social media, for example, Krystyna Janda, an actress also known for Andrzej Wajda’s films, who often criticizes the current government, denounced their vaccination. Edward Miszczak, director of TVN’s commercial television program, who was also critical of the government, confirmed his vaccination, among others.
However, the Polish authority managing vaccine stocks denied that WUM had received a shipment beyond the vaccination program, and the head of the Polish Prime Minister’s Office, Michal Dworczyk, stressed that none of the artists in the promotion program of the vaccination, which would begin in mid-January, had been vaccinated.
The Polish state health insurance company NFZ will launch an investigation into the extraordinary vaccines on Monday. Polish Deputy Justice Minister Michal Wos announced on Sunday night that he would initiate legal proceedings against the WUM rector in connection with the scandal.
As part of the vaccination program in Poland, the so-called “zero group” (health workers and their families and parents of premature babies born in the hospital) have been vaccinated since the end of December, and more than 50,000 received the first dose of BioNTech-Pfizer on Monday. Of the politicians, only those who are also doctors are vaccinated.
Vaccination of the next priority group will begin in mid-January, including people over 65, law enforcement officers and teachers.
The Polish government has a contract for a total of 60 million doses within the European Union program, which can vaccinate 30 million people, that is, practically the adult population of the country. 1.5 million servings are expected to be delivered by the end of January. Shipments from the German-American company Moderna are expected after the German-American vaccine BioNTech-Pfizer, which could mean about 800,000 more doses for Poland in the first quarter of this year, Michal Dworczyk said in an interview Monday. By the end of March, 2.9 million Poles could be vaccinated, according to Dworczyk.
According to data from the Health Ministry on Monday, 4,432 new coronavirus infections were recorded in one day in Poland, which has a population of almost 38 million. Eight people died specifically from Covid-19 and 34 died from the coexistence of Covid-19 and other diseases. Daily infection data topped 10,000 in the second half of last week, a decrease on Monday may be related to fewer virus tests at the end of the week. (via MTI, Notes from Poland)
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