Poland resumes mandatory vaccination of population

Mandatory vaccination of children in Poland has been resumed since April 18, the press secretary of the Ministry of Health of the country Vojciech Andrusevich told journalists. It is a return to vaccination of newborns, children under the age of two and citizens of all age groups whose diseases indicate the need for vaccination, a spokesman said. According to him, a return to compulsory vaccinations will help protect the population from new diseases. Andrusevich added that coronavirus infection is COVID-19 the only disease requiring vaccination. Thus, to protect citizens from pneumonia, the spokesman noted, will allow vaccinations against influenza and pneumococcus. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moraviecki said that the authorities of the Republic do not yet plan to cancel the closed border regime in force in the country since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.