Government reluctance to purchase additional vaccines against influenza has prompted the National Ombudsman to appeal to Poles for benefitting from available flu shots abroad.
Report by Slawek Szefs
Professor Janusz Kochanowski has asked Poles returning from foreign trips to take advantage of free vaccine shots against the new type of flu virus before coming back home. He reminded that many governments in EU countries have secured such possibilities not only for their own citizens, but also for visitors.
The National Ombudsman also questioned the validity of current flu statistics in Poland, claiming the system of registering and monitoring cases on a national scale is inadequate.