Przemyśl (one room, two places), Biała Podlaska (one room, two places), Kętrzyn (one room, two places), and Krosno Odrzańskie (one room, one place)407. Medical care for the foreign nationals seeking protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland was the same as for Polish citizens, and included primary medical care, diagnostic procedures, specialist care, hospital care, and vaccination of children according to the vaccination calendar. Beneficiaries of social assistance and medical care provided by the Office for Foreigners were covered by the same procedures in the case of suspicion and confirmation of infection, as well as isolation and quarantine408. The Office for Foreigners, based on the recommendations of the State Sanitary Inspectorate, the Ministry of Health and the European Asylum Support Office, prepared its own information and education materials on procedures to be followed during the epidemic and on the symptoms to be looked for. The material, together with hand washing instructions, was translated into English, Russian and Ukrainian and distributed to all the guarded centres409. On 10 April 2020 the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard informed the NMPT that, based on the guidelines of the Chief Sanitary Inspector from the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, a single procedure has been introduced for all the centres for foreigners410. The procedure provided for: • the requirement to carry out a medical examinations of every detained foreigner before his/her admission to a given guarded centre; in the case of discovering the disease symptoms, further activities, the same as those taken with regard to Polish citizens, should be conducted (including a coronavirus test); • preventive isolation of newly arrived foreigners after their admission to the guarded centre, and their medical re-examination and observation by medical personnel. The contact with people in isolation was limited. Medical staff, a social care officer and a security officer had access to the foreigner. Foreigners in isolation could receive "virtual visits" with the use of an internet communicator, had access to a telephone and the possibility of daily recreation outdoors; • body temperature measurement in all persons detained in the guarded centre as well as every person entering the premises of the centre; • body temperature measurement in the detained foreigners at least once a day, as a preventive measure; 407 See: letter of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard of 19 March 2020, KG-CU-IV.072.1.2020. 408 See: letter from the Head of the Office for Foreigners of 20 March 2020, DPS.WII.0733.2.2020/KL. 409 Idid. 410 See: letter of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard of 10 April 2020, KG-CU-IV.072.4.2020. 148

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