Priests employed by hospitals as chaplains may already receive COVID-19 vaccinations. They do not have to wait in any queue.
– Hospital chaplains are full-time hospital employees and should be registered in the manner appropriate for stage 0, just like medical workers. The registration deadline is January 14, 2021. The position of Hospital chaplain is included in the qualification tariff as belonging to the personnel of a healthcare entity – informs Jarosław Rybarczyk from the ministry’s Communications Office, on behalf of the Ministry of Health press spokesperson.
The position of the Ministry of Health means that some Polish priests may already be vaccinated.