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NFZ: Support package for medical facilities
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NFZ: Support package for medical facilities

The National Health Fund, together with the Ministry of Health, have prepared a set of financial instruments to ensure the stability of medical facilities during the fight against coronavirus. State budget covers all expenditures According to the Act of 2 March on Special Arrangements for Preventing, Counteracting and Combating COVID-19 (the so-called specustawa), all expenditure…

Flu in Poland: 1.2 million illnesses, over 30 deaths
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Flu in Poland: 1.2 million illnesses, over 30 deaths

Although the number one media topic is currently the coronavirus, a much bigger harvest in Poland is being taken by the flu. Flu more dangerous than coronavirus In just the first two months of 2020, the number of flu cases in Poland was almost 1.2 million. This was less than in the analogous period of…

Pawel Ossowski for PMR: Record demand for protective masks
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Pawel Ossowski for PMR: Record demand for protective masks

On Wednesday 12 February the global number of coronavirus cases exceeded 45,000, of which 44,700 were reported in China. – We have never seen such a boom in disposable medical equipment, such as protective masks or disposable gloves – says Pawel Ossowski, Vice President of the Management Board and Managing Director of Zarys International Group…

Ireneusz Reszel for PMR: the current epidemiological situation may cause an interruption in the supply of certain products
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Ireneusz Reszel for PMR: the current epidemiological situation may cause an interruption in the supply of certain products

Currently, the eyes of the world are on the city of Wuhan in China, where a sudden increase in the incidence of pneumonia caused by a previously unknown type of the virus, labelled 2019-nCoA, was observed during the last month. Between 31 December 2019 and 2 February 2020, the virus caused 305 deaths (including 304…