Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Monday that the country is facing a real threat of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, adding a recommendation to continue the current restrictions until at least January 17. As of Monday, Poland with 38 million population, had reported a total of 1,140,572 coronavirus cases and 22,960 deaths.
Schools, restaurants and sports centres were shut in Poland due to the record high numbers of new infections in early November. “In order to avoid a third wave I will recommend that the restrictions remain at the current level... I will recommend that they are extended until at least Jan 17,” Niedzielski told a news conference after a meeting with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and President Andrzej Duda.
The government is expected to adopt a national coronavirus vaccine plan on Tuesday. Morawiecki, the Prime Minister had said earlier this month his government had bought more than 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from six producers. Poland follows a quite different rule for Seniors. They have introduced hours for seniors. Hours of Seniors applies on all weekdays from Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 12 PM. PM Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press conference that all stores in shopping centers will be opened from November 28 earlier only grocery stores, pharmacies, drugstores and service shops were allowed to function. The PM stressed that if the premises did not comply with the applicable restrictions, they would be closed.
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