Warsaw: Poland’s Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has said that the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has come to the country, warning that infections could soon hit record levels.
“We already have the fifth wave of the pandemic … We predict that infections will peak in mid-February and that peak will be at about 60,000 cases a day,” Xinhua news agency quoted Niedzielski as saying.
Poland on Monday reported 10,445 new infections and four more deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the country’s total number of cases to 4,323,482 and fatalities to 102,309.
Last week, 13 of the 17 members of the government’s medical council that gives advice on Covid-19 policies resigned, citing inaction of the government.
Niedzielski said that a new advisory body will be established and operate in a different form.
