WARSAW, Poland – The official oath of office of the Polish government was postponed until Tuesday and some members were quarantined after one of the ministers tested positive for COVID-19.
The rite led by President Andrzej Duda had been scheduled at the presidential palace by Monday afternoon, but the new education minister, Przemyslaw Czarnek, said early in the day that he had a headache and a check showed that he was inflamed by the coronavirus. Quarantine.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called for the postponement of the oath, and moved on Tuesday afternoon into the gardens of the presidential palace. Czarnek probably wouldn’t be here.
Spokesman Piotr Mueller said the fitness government ordered four other government members who had been in contact with Czarnek to quarantine them for 10 days. Mueller said government paintings would suffer because cabinet sessions have been conducted remotely and online for some time.
Poland is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of registered cases of COVID-19, with more than 2,000 new cases diagnosed each day in recent weeks.
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