A “detailed inspection will start on 4 January in units related to WUM [Warsaw Medical University]”, Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has said.
Niedzielski added that consequences should be drawn if “criteria of privilege” had been used in the vaccination qualifying process.
According to the Warsaw Medical University, which administered the disputed jabs, 18 “well-known personalities in the arts and culture” were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday as the university organized a vaccination drive.
The list of celebrities, who reportedly agreed to become ambassadors of the drive, includes former prime minister and MEP Leszek Miller, broadcaster Krzysztof Materna, singer Magda Umer and actors Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn, Maria Seweryn and Wiktor Zborowski.
On Saturday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was quoted by PAP as saying that “following the rules of the vaccination order is an expression of respect for the rules of social solidarity”.
“Media reports about celebrities who have been vaccinated and skipped the line is a real scandal. There is no justification for breaking the rules. Each dose of the vaccine administered in violation of the schedule is a dose that could have gone instead to those who need it most”, Morawiecki added.
Poland on Saturday reported 6,945 new coronavirus infections and 102 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases to 1,312,780 and fatalities to 29,058.
Poland started administering vaccinations last week, with the head nurse of a hospital run by the interior ministry in Warsaw being the first person in the country to receive a shot.
Priority has been given to medical staff and their families.
Poles who are not in priority groups will be able to sign up for COVID-19 shots from January 15.
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Source: PAP