Poland puts off mandatory jabs for teachers, police, army

Warsaw: Poland’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the 1st of March deadline for full vaccination of teachers and so-called uniformed services is being pushed back indefinitely because it cannot be met.

Last year, the Polish government said teachers, medics, police, armed forces and the firefighters need to be inoculated by 1 March 2022 if they want to perform their jobs.

But Health Ministry spokesman said the deadline cannot be kept under the current pace of vaccination and the requirement remains in force only for medical staff.

Poland is going through the pandemic’s fifth wave, with almost 36,000 new cases and almost 290 COVID-19-related deaths reported today. Some 57% of the population of 38 million is fully immunized.