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Symptoms of CORONAVIRUS infection

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and fatigue. Some patients also experience muscle pain, runny nose, sore throat and diarrhea. Some of the infected patients do not show any symptoms.

In more serious cases, COVID-19 develops severe pneumonia, acute respiratory syndrome, sepsis and septic shock, which can lead to a patient’s death.

The incubation period is the time between "catching" the virus and the onset of disease symptoms. The World Health Organization (WHO) informs that for COVID-19 it is between 1 and 14 days, and that is why people who may have been infected with it are subjected to the quarantine of 14 days. However, most often the symptoms appear after 5 days

From March 15, after returning to Poland you are obliged to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

Recommendations during the CORONAVIRUS epidemic

These are the rules to follow to minimise the risk of infection:

• frequently wash your hands with soap and water or (if necessary) disinfect them with an alcohol-based agent
• keep a safe distance from your interlocutor (1-1.5 meters)
• avoid large crowds of people
• pay attention to hygiene of the places where meals are prepared
• do not share food, e.g. crisps from one packet.

Wearing protective masks by healthy people is not recommended.

Washing our hands will not guarantee that we will not get sick. But it is one of the recommended ways to protect against potential contact with coronavirus.

What to do if you suspect that you have CORONAVIRUS infection?

If you have observed the symptoms described above or if you have been to the countries from the risk list (current list of countries available at: www.who.int, www.ecdc.europa.eu, www.gis.gov.pl) within the last 14 days, immediately notify the sanitary-epidemiological station BY TELEPHONE or go directly to the infectious diseases ward or ward for communicable diseases and observation where further medical procedure will be determined. Do not use public transport so as not to infect others.

Do not go to the outpatient clinic or the Hospital Emergency Ward! You could infect others there!

Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations in Łódź:

at ul. Wodna 40, 90-046 Łódź, tel. 42 253 62 00

at ul. Stanisława Przybyszewskiego 10, 93-189 Łódź, tel. 42 253 99 00, the phone number after hours: 600 241 646, 570 204 085, 881 565 393

Infectious diseases hospitals in the Łódź Voivodeship:

Radomsko: Szpital Powiatowy [District Hospital], ul. Jagiellońska 36, tel.: 44 6810822 Bełchatów: Szpital Wojewódzki [Regional Hospital] im. Jana Pawła II, ul. Czapliniecka 123, tel.: 44 6358555 Tomaszów Mazowiecki: Tomaszowskie Centrum Zdrowia [Tomaszów Health Centre], ul. Jana Pawła II 35, tel.: 44 7257134 Łódź: Wojewódzki Specjalistyczny Szpital [Regional Specialist Hospital] im. dr Wł. Biegańskiego, ul. Kniaziewicza 1/5, tel.: 42 2516051

The Ministry of Health has launched a helpline 800 190 590 to deal with cases of suspected coronavirus infections.

More information about the coronavirus can be found at:

www.gov.pl/koronawirus

https://pacjent.gov.pl/

https://gis.gov.pl/

LATEST NEWS

Dear All,

at the beginning I would like to deny all gossips which appear today - you do not have to move out from dormitories and you do not have to pack your things.

 More over some time ago the official briefing from polish Prime Minister has finished. The crisis council has made few important decisions. I would like to inform you about them here:

1) All shopping malls will be closed however the markets out of malls will stay open,

2) Banks and pharmacies remain open as well,

3) Cafeterias and restaurants will be closed however they still can delivery food,

4) Assemblies over 50 people are forbidden,

5) From 15th march the boarders of Poland will be closed,

6) All international transport is suspended,

7) Cities in Poland remain open and the national transport is working normally, I know it seems super serious and scary but please do not panic, we are not the first country which has made such decisions. Also it is necessary to take control over spreading virus and people believe it is the best way.

From our site we would like to advise you to stay in Lodz as the situation is dynamic. I hope soon we will be able to bring you some better news. For now let's stay united, International Office and ESN-EYE will also organise some online events to make you feel better during this time.

If you need anything do not hesitate to contact us.

Joanna Wlodarczyk
Head of Students Mobility Division for Exchange Students

UPDATE: Announcement of the Vice-Rector for Education on the mobility of exchange students at TUL

Dear Students,

The authorities of the Lodz University of Technology do not see any need for You to leave Poland immediately. If You express your wish to stay in Poland, you will be bound by all regulations concerning Polish students. Each of you expressing willingness to leave Poland is asked to inform the Erasmus CWM office via e-mail (sao@info.p.lodz.pl) in order to obtain confirmation of the period of stay at the Lodz University of Technology.

Students who have already decided to leave for their home countries are asked to stay there. In case of leaving personal belongings in Poland, at the your request, your roommate or a commission will pack your belongings and we will send them back to your home country address.

We remind you that all planned study and internship trips abroad are suspended until further notice.

From 12 March 2020 until further notice, student reception hours at the offices of the International Cooperation Centre CWM are changed. The offices will be opened according to the following schedule:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 11:00

Wednesday - closed to students

It is recommended that all matters are dealt with by telephone or e-mail.

Further decisions on measures for preventing, counteracting and eradicating COVID-19 at the Lodz University of Technology will be communicated in the form of Announcements of the Rector of the Lodz University of Technology. Please follow the information at https://cwm.p.lodz.pl/en/news/covid-19-information-exchange-students

Whole announcement you can read here.

Dear Students,

Considering that there is a risk to Public Health and that the Lodz University of Technology is responsible for ensuring conditions of safety and health to the academic community, on a continuous and permanent basis and in view of the general principles of prevention, the University has defined and approved the Contingency Plan of the Lodz University of Technology for the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19.

Based on the decision of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education as well as the Rector of Lodz University of Technology, all in-door classes at TUL campus has been cancelled from March 12th, 2020 till April 14th, 2020. 

This regulation applies to all of you, however, even though the classes at the campus won't be conducted for the previously mentioned period, you will have the chance to study online (e-learning). Each of you will receive the student number, thanks to which you will have access to our online platform WIKAMP. You will be able to enroll for courses and study at home from the materials prepared for you by professors. We are waiting for the information concerning the additional courses (which ones can be conducted online). As soon as we know that, we will inform you.

All the conferences, parties at TUL campus, events organised by the student’s organisations, etc. has been cancelled.

As for you living in dormitories, you may stay in your places at the dormitories, however, it is impossible to have guests (even guests from other dormitories). Please keep that in mind.

We leave up to you the decision if you are staying in Lodz and continuing your exchange programme at TUL or going back to your home country. Please keep in mind that if you go abroad right now, you will not be able to continue your exchange here. In that case, you will have to continue your semester at your Home University. If you plan to go back to your country, please let us know via e-mail and we will prepare confirmation of stay and transcript of records.

In the situation of the spread of the coronavirus, Lodz University of Technology has taken preventive measures in the form of travel ban and mandatory quarantine in order to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 .

Rules with regard to the Staff Mobility:

1. Mandatory quarantine at the place of residence for a period of 14 days from the date of return from abroad.

2. Prohibition on foreign trips (entries and departures).

3. Prohibition of foreign guests' arrivals.

2nd call for applications for participation in the PROM Project!

International Cooperation Centre of Lodz University of Technology announces additional call for applications for participation in the PROM Project. The call is open for 20 PhD students of foreign institutions to conduct a short-term scientific visits at Lodz University of Technology.

The objectives of the mobility should be closely related to the subject matter of the PhD thesis

being carried out by the Candidate. The 5-30 day long mobility should be conducted before September 30^th 2020.

The deadline for applications is March 31^st 2020.

More information is avaialble at the project website https://www.ife.p.lodz.pl/en/promobility

It is our pleasure to invite academic and non-academic staff to the International Staff Week at University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic and OTH Amberg – Weiden, Germany.
May 11 – 15, 2020

The programme will consist of a mixture of meetings, presentations and workshops at the UWB campus, beautiful city of Pilsen (3 days) and OTH Amberg – Weiden, Germany (2 days).

Two areas of networking in 2 different regions Bohemia & Bavaria:
1) Cooperation of regional institutions
2) International students integration

The online registration form will be available from 01.02.2020 till 31.03.2020 on the UWB website:
http://international.zcu.cz/en/

The International Staff Week will accept limited amount of participants. We will confirm to the registered applicants their participation ASAP. Not later than the beginning of April 2020.
For more information, please don´t hesitate to contact us!

We look forward to meeting you at UWB, in Pilsen and OTH Amberg – Weiden, Germany!