People with disabilities, care home residents, refugees, migrants, and those experiencing homelessness account for a total of over 20% of Polish society. The impact of the COVD-19 pandemic on these groups will last significantly longer than the epidemic risk Read more

In the early months of 2020, when the news spread about an outbreak of the dangerous new respiratory disease COVID-19, hundreds research teams began a race against time to develop an effective and safe vaccine. Many of their attempts Read more

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many breakthrough discoveries have been made, including the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, which has turned the containment of the pandemic into a realistic goal. In order to accomplish this goal, however, we Read more

The threat of the virus spiraling out of control is real. Fortunately, we already have vaccines and also a fair amount of knowledge at our disposal. However, the implementation of the vaccination program is lengthy and varies enormously on Read more

“Without vaccination, after contracting COVID-19, out of a group of one million people, thirty thousand will not survive. This is approximately the risk of death due to the disease in Poland” – scientists from the COVID-19 Advisory Team to Read more

One group that is particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19 is children and adolescents. Although they are less susceptible to the severe physical manifestation of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the psychological and educational effects of Read more

Since the publication of our “Scenarios for 2021” we have received numerous questions about which of these scenarios is the most likely. However, it is not possible to provide a clear-cut answer. One of the reasons is that the Read more

The year 2020 has just drawn to a close. This is a good time to take stock and to plan for the new year we are now entering. Herein we present hypothetical scenarios for the development of the COVID-19 Read more

The vaccine was created based on the mRNA technology developed by the German company BioNTech, which it had already began working on in January 2020, immediately after the publication of the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Preclinical studies Read more

COVID-19 has been devastating the health of millions of people around the globe and causing untold damage to the economy for many months. Teams of researchers have been working tirelessly on developing an effective vaccine since the outbreak of Read more

In our ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, how can we avoid following a “reconnaissance-by-fire” strategy? This statement discusses the need to find a new testing strategy.

Testing for SARS-CoV-2 is one of the fundamental tools in fighting the Read more

The pandemic is a major social problem, one which can only be solved through collaboration between the public authorities, a broad range of scientific experts, and the media.

We are still some way off from reaching a scientific breakthrough Read more

We are all exhausted by our continual battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, on both the individual and social level, therefore the prospect of achieving herd immunity seems like an attractive goal. However, experts agree that in the long term, Read more

On October 19, 2020, the COVID-19 Advisory Team headed by Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presented its report – “Understanding COVID-19” – in the Senate of the Republic of Poland. Senators and the public Read more

The Interdisciplinary COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences has just released a series of recommendations that should help prevent the further spread of the pandemic. The Team appeals to employers, healthcare professionals, and Read more

A report delivered by a team of scientists, working under the supervision of Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, president of the Academy, presents the current state of knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 virus, COVID-19 disease and its medical, psychological, economic and social impacts. Read more

No one knows what the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland will look like in a few months’ time. No one knows what the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland will look like in a few months’ time.

However, we need to posit Read more

In recent days, we have seen an increase in confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It can be expected that the consequence of this will be growing numbers of patients with severe COVID-19 requiring hospital or ICU treatment.

Some of Read more

Experts will monitor the course of the COVID-19 epidemic in Poland, analyze and predict its possible scenarios and put forward recommendations. They will also develop contacts with similar teams in other countries to exchange experience with them.

Professor Jerzy Read more