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The Polish government will put an additional PLN 30 billion (EUR 6.5 billion) into assistance for lockdown-hit businesses, the prime minister announced on Thursday. We want to release further funds, up to PLN 30 billion, to save companies, Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference, adding that the aid will now cover even more sectors.
So far the government has spent some PLN 200 billion (EUR 43.3 billion) on supporting Polish businesses during the coronavirus crisis, Morawiecki also said. The pandemic is not easing, that s why we re launching new programmes, he added. Jobs, jobs and once again jobs.
The government will also prop up ailing retailers at shopping centres that have had to close down due to government restrictions.
French doctors warn lack of staff may scupper Macron promise of more ICU beds
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01/04/2021 - 13:04 A nurse treats a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit of the Melun-Senart hospital, near Paris, France, March 8, 2021. REUTERS - BENOIT TESSIER 3 min French health workers were on Thursday asking how President Emmanuel Macron intends to follow through on promises to increase the number of intensive care beds to 10,000 “in the coming days” as France battles a third coronavirus wave. They re warning that such a feat is easier said than done, and will come at the expense of non-Covid patients. Advertising Read more
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People aged 40 to 60 who applied for a coronavirus jab in January will be able to queue jump owing to weakening demand for vaccinations among people over 60, the government s vaccination commissioner has said.
Currently, only people 60 and over in the general population can receive the jab, but changes to the policy would allow younger age groups to get vaccinated, but only those who officially applied for an inoculation in January. Over the last two days, registrations for people over 60 have slowed down, that s why we ve decided to launch the registration for people who expressed their readiness for a vaccination in January,” Dworczyk told private Radio RMF FM on Thursday.
The National Bureau of State Examinations (BUNEXE) has announced the publication of the results of the session for those that failed (permanent bac) of March 2021, the overall pass rate in Philo is.
The European Commission has announced humanitarian aid of 17 million euros to meet the needs of the most vulnerable in Haiti and the Caribbean, which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.