Polish authorities announced the beginning of the end of the pandemic

The Polish authorities announced another easing of quarantine restrictions in the country and a reduction in the number of beds for patients with covid. The HEAD of the Ministry of HEALTH of Poland said

Poland has already passed the peaks of the fifth wave of CORONAVIRUS infections, the authorities believe that the pandemic has begun to decline and will end soon. This was stated by the Minister of Health of Poland, Adam Nedzielski, after a meeting of the Council for Combating covid-19 , reports the Polish television company TVN.

“As much as I have often been a pessimist, I am just as optimistic in this situation,” Nedzelsky said and added that “the apogee of the fifth wave is behind us.” “We are dealing with the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” the minister assured.

He announced that the authorities had decided to withdraw 5,000 beds from the covid fund and return them to the healthcare system for their usual purpose. The self-isolation period for COVID patients has been reduced from ten days to seven, while the government is lifting quarantine for those who have been in contact with the sick.

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