Doctors and medical workers in Poland fear the country’s health care system may not be able to cope with the latest surge of COVID-19 infections. Poland has about 31,000 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, and the current infection rate poses a “great risk to the efficiency of the health care system,” Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said. Medical staff are exhausted and overworked and stress that dedicated hospital beds and equipment alone cannot care for the patients. The health minister on Wednesday backed a draft regulation that would require workers to show proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 to their employers. “Certainly, everyone is really tired, tired with the COVID-19 pandemic.”___Follow AP’s pandemic coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

Source: New York Times January 20, 2022 05:21 UTC