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.
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