covid-19 pandemic in poland covid-19 pandemic in poland the covid-19 pandemic in poland was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). in february and march 2020, health authorities in poland carried out laboratory testing of suspected cases of infection by sars-cov-2, as well as home quarantining and monitoring. on 4 march 2020, the first laboratory confirmed case in poland was announced in a man hospitalised in zielona góra. on march 10, 2020, the world health organization declared the local transmission phase of sars-cov-2 in poland. on march 12, 2020, the first death from coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in poland was that of a 56-year-old woman. covid-19 pandemic in polandmap of powiats with confirmed sars-cov-2 cases 10000–99999 confirmed cases 1000–9999 confirmed cases 100–999 confirmed casesmap of voivodeships with confirmed sars-cov-2 cases 100000–999999 confirmed cases 10000–99999 confirmed casesdiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationpolandfirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaindex casezielona góra, lubusz voivodeshiparrival date4 march 2020(3 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days)confirmed cases6,514,997recovered6,384,817 deaths119,568fatality rate1.84%vaccinations22,875,338 (total vaccinated)22,647,368 (fully vaccinated)57,990,616 (doses administered) polish authorities did not participate in the european union tender procedure for purchasing covid-19 pandemic related medical equipment, until 17 march 2020. on 10–12 march 2020 lockdown-type control measures were implemented, closing schools and university classes, offices, and cancelling mass events, and were strengthened on 25 march, limiting non-family gatherings to two people and religious gatherings to six and forbidding non-essential travel. on 20 march 2020, the ministry of health officially declared an epidemic and on the same day tried to prevent medical personnel from commenting on the pandemic. the polish ombudsman adam bodnar defended medical personnel's right to speak publicly about the epidemic on constitutional grounds of freedom of speech and the right of the public to information. doctors opposed the self-censorship orders. lockdown restrictions were tightened on 31 march 2020 by a government regulation, requiring individuals walking in streets to be separated by two metres, closing parks, boulevards, beaches, hairdressers and beauty salons, and forbidding unaccompanied minors from exiting their homes. restrictions were relaxed starting 20 april, allowing religious gatherings and funerals to be held for up to a maximum of 50 people. starting on 1 april 2020, fatalities which were clinically or epidemiologically diagnosed as covid-19 (u07.2) were also considered as covid-19 deaths by niph–nih. as of january 2022, poland has one of the world's highest covid-19 death rates per capita and a significant proportion of the population is vaccine hesitant with a vaccination rate below eu average. timeline covid-19 cases in poland () deaths recoveries active cases20202020202120212022202220232023marmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymaylast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-03-041(n.a.) 2020-03-051(=) 2020-03-065(+4) 2020-03-076(+1) 2020-03-0811(+5) 2020-03-0917(+6) 2020-03-1022(+5) 2020-03-1131(+9) 2020-03-1251(+20)1(n.a.) 2020-03-1368(+17)2(+1) 2020-03-14104(+36)3(+1) 2020-03-15125(+21)3(=) 2020-03-16177(+52)4(+1) 2020-03-17238(+61)5(+1) 2020-03-18287(+49)5(=) 2020-03-19355(+68)5(=) 2020-03-20425(+70)5(=) 2020-03-21536(+111)5(=) 2020-03-22634(+98)7(+2) 2020-03-23749(+115)8(+1) 2020-03-24900(+151)10(+2) 2020-03-251,051(+151)13(+3) 2020-03-261,221(+170)16(+3) 2020-03-271,389(+168)16(=) 2020-03-281,638(+249)18(+2) 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2022-03-145,823,982(+5,295)113,444(+1) 2022-03-155,836,672(+12,690)113,622(+178) 2022-03-165,851,147(+14,475)113,773(+151) 2022-03-175,863,414(+12,267)113,980(+207) 2022-03-185,875,072(+11,658)114,087(+107) 2022-03-195,885,446(+10,374)114,206(+119) 2022-03-205,891,140(+5,694)114,218(+12) 2022-03-215,895,304(+4,164)114,221(+3) 2022-03-225,905,463(+10,159)114,355(+134) 2022-03-235,915,888(+10,425)114,480(+125) 2022-03-245,924,896(+9,008)114,626(+146) 2022-03-255,933,107(+8,211)114,736(+110) 2022-03-265,939,735(+6,628)114,821(+85) 2022-03-275,943,227(+3,492)114,828(+7) 2022-03-285,945,594(+2,367)114,829(+1) 2022-03-295,952,200(+6,606)114,939(+110) 2022-03-305,957,939(+5,739)115,040(+101) 2022-03-315,962,931(+4,992)115,173(+133) 2022-04-015,966,970(+4,039)115,247(+74) 2022-04-025,969,071(+2,101)115,343(+96) 2022-04-035,969,621(+550)115,345(+2) 2022-04-045,970,114(+493)115,345(=) 2022-04-055,971,998(+1,884)115,395(+50) 2022-04-065,973,557(+1,559)115,472(+77) 2022-04-075,975,040(+1,483)115,536(+64) 2022-04-085,976,364(+1,324)115,594(+58) 2022-04-095,977,773(+1,409)115,635(+41) 2022-04-105,978,215(+442)115,635(=) 2022-04-115,978,596(+381)115,635(=) 2022-04-125,980,220(+1,624)115,696(+61) 2022-04-135,981,486(+1,266)115,736(+40) 2022-04-145,982,664(+1,178)115,775(+39) 2022-04-155,983,864(+1,200)115,809(+34) 2022-04-165,984,940(+1,076)115,838(+29) 2022-04-175,985,251(+311)115,838(=) 2022-04-185,985,514(+263)115,838(=) 2022-04-195,985,814(+300)115,838(=) 2022-04-205,987,340(+1,526)115,869(+31) 2022-04-215,988,517(+1,177)115,899(+30) 2022-04-225,989,613(+1,096)115,926(+27) 2022-04-235,990,853(+1,240)115,948(+22) 2022-04-245,991,197(+344)115,948(=) 2022-04-255,991,464(+267)115,948(=) 2022-04-265,992,820(+1,356)115,977(+29) 2022-04-275,993,860(+1,040)115,998(+21) 2022-04-285,994,817(+957)116,022(+24) 2022-04-295,995,672(+855)116,042(+20) 2022-04-305,996,514(+842)116,059(+17) 2022-05-015,996,747(+233)116,059(=) ⋮ 2022-06-016,007,839(n.a.)116,326(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-07-016,015,633(n.a.)116,429(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-08-016,070,278(n.a.)116,570(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-09-016,180,222(n.a.)117,119(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-10-016,297,123(n.a.)117,598(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-11-016,341,296(n.a.)118,131(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-12-016,353,308(n.a.)118,328(n.a.) ⋮ 2023-01-016,368,631(n.a.)118,533(n.a.) ⋮ 2023-02-016,380,225(n.a.)118,736(n.a.) ⋮ 2023-03-016,422,464(n.a.)118,898(n.a.) ⋮ 2023-04-016,497,517(n.a.)119,361(n.a.) ⋮ 2023-05-016,513,902(n.a.)119,555(n.a.) sources: polish ministry of health via official twitter account and website monitoring, february 2020 during january 2020, warsaw chopin airport carried out special screening measures for passengers arriving from china. in february and march 2020, health authorities in poland carried out laboratory testing of suspected cases of infection by sars-cov-2, as well as home quarantining and monitoring. in february 2020, four-member teams at the national institute of public health – national institute of hygiene (niph–nih) together with the berlin hospital charité carried out 307 genetic tests of samples from suspected sars-cov-2 carriers. niph–nih carried out the tests in its warsaw laboratory and in the wojewódzki szpital zakaźny in warsaw. diagnostic laboratories in eight other towns were being prepared for making similar analyses. the ministry of health refused to state how many test kits were available in polish laboratories. on 19 february 2020 twelve people remained hospitalised "in connection with the coronavirus", 13 were under home quarantine and 1000 were being monitored by health services. on 27 february 47 people remained hospitalised with suspicions of sars-cov-2 infection, 55 were under home quarantine and 1570 were being monitored by health services. polish minister of health łukasz szumowski stated on 27 february that he expected positive sars-cov-2 laboratory confirmed cases in the following days. new law: "specustawa", march 1, 2020 medical tents in front of a hospital in włocławek for examining patients suspected of sars-cov-2 infection (march 2020). on 1 and 2 march 2020 new law (nicknamed polish: specustawa, lit. special law) to manage a possible epidemic of covid-19 or other infectious diseases in poland via administrative, budgetary and epidemiological measures passed through a first reading by a parliamentary committee and through second and third readings by the polish lower house of parliament, the sejm, with 400 votes out of 418 in favour in the third reading. konfederacja was the only parliamentary club which voted against the measure. philosopher and law professor jerzy zajadło praised the discussion of the bill in the sejm, in that the speaker allowed members of parliament to discuss the bill under the principles of deliberative democracy, which he judged rare for the parliament dominated by pis. zajadło criticised the bill as establishing vague powers with little chance of checks and balances, which he saw as being in the spirit of the approach of the political party in power; he saw the bill as establishing a permanent state of emergency for covid-19 and all other contagious diseases; he criticised the wide array of changes implied in the law as having consequences difficult to predict; and he judged the law to be unnecessary given that laws covering the situation already existed. ewa łętowska, a former judge in the polish constitutional tribunal, also criticised the law as effectively creating a new, 180-day long state of emergency, in addition to the state of emergency rules defined in the polish constitution for a maximum of 90 days. she interpreted the law as giving the authorities arbitrary power without control by administrative courts. first cases on 3 march 2020 a total of 559 sars-cov-2 tests had been run for people in poland suspected of sars-cov-2 infection, all with negative results, while the numbers of people home quarantined and monitored increased and the number of hospitalised, suspected cases dropped. on 4 march 2020 the minister of health claimed that nine laboratories were carrying out sars-cov-2 testing (niph–nih and voivodeship infectious disease hospital in warsaw, and laboratories in olsztyn, wrocław, poznań, katowice, rzeszów, gdańsk and kielce), while oko.press claimed that only four laboratories were carrying out the testing. the minister claimed that "sanitary–epidemiological stations" in lublin, łódź and poznań would start sars-cov-2 tests the following day. on 6 march, the minister stated that 13 laboratories were running sars-cov-2 tests. the first lab-confirmed case of sars-cov-2 in poland was announced on 4 march 2020, out of 584 tests in total. the patient, a 66-year-old man, returned from a visit to westphalia in germany by bus to świecko and from there by private car to cybinka. he telephoned a general practitioner. he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in zielona góra, where he arrived around midday 2 march. in the evening of 2 march, a sample from the patient was sent for analysis to warsaw. the result was known to be positive during the night of 3 to 4 march, and announced by the minister of health at 8:00 local time on 4 march. oko.press criticised the delay of 44 hours from the patient's arrival at the hospital to the announcement of the positive test result as excessive. close contacts of the patient were home quarantined. the minister of health requested the media to respect the patient's privacy. on 6 march 2020 polish minister of health łukasz szumowski announced the confirmation of four new cases: