WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s prime minister said Wednesday that he would propose the application of the highest point of restrictions on coronaviruses in the country, after the country reported a new record of more than 10,000 cases.
Poland had followed a policy of introducing specific measures for the maximum affected areas, and the proposal to place the entire country in the so-called “red zone” of high-level restrictions is a sign of the seriousness of the situation.
Coronavirus infections in Poland have doubled in more than 3 weeks.
“I would propose that we take the resolution to put all of Poland in the red zone from Saturday,” Mateusz Morawiecki told personal channel Polsat News, saying that providing about 88% of the population’s issue to the biggest restrictions.
The new restrictions will be announced on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Poland reported a record 10,040 new cases, bringing its overall total to 200,000. Parliament’s small space held an emergency consultation to discuss an invoice to help an overworked fitness system.
In parliament, Morawiecki promised to help with the fitness formula and raised the distance learning option for some students at school number one.
High and secondary schools have moved to distance education, while the government has limited meal times in the areas of the country most affected by the pandemic and closed all pools and gymnasiums.
COVID-19 government adviser Andrzej Horban told personal radio RMF24 that 10,000 new instances a day were the only thing the fitness formula could face. On Wednesday, patients with COVID-19 occupied 9,439 hospital beds, up 5% in a day.
The opposition has criticized the ruling party’s reaction and justice (PiS) to the crisis.
“We discovered apparent mistakes, adding one that allows young doctors to be called to paint ineffective the day after childbirth,” said Cezary Tomczyk, parliamentary leader of the largest opposition party, the Civic Coalition.
Poland recorded a total of 3,851 COVID-19 deaths, reported Wednesday.
(Report through Joanna Plucinska, Alan Charlish, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Agnieszka Barteczko, Pawel Florkiewicz and Marcin Goclowski; edited through Janet Lawrence and Tom Brown)
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