Poland weighs new curbs as coronavirus cases hit fresh record

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Poland is considering new restrictions, including moving some primary students to distance learning, after its total of coronavirus infections doubled in less than three weeks.

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective coverall fills up the form before performing tests for the coronavirus disease at a drive-thru testing centre in Warsaw, Poland, October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

“Let’s set aside this weird team of deniers and those who want a total lockdown of the economy. Let’s take the middle way, it’s the safest,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the assembly. Government COVID-19 adviser Andrzej Horban told private radio RMF24 that 10,000 new cases a day was the most the health system could cope with.As of Wednesday, COVID-19 patients occupied 9,439 hospital beds, up 5% in a day, and were using 757 ventilators, up 4%, the health ministry said. It said around 17,000 beds were available in all for COVID-19 patients.

“We have found some obvious errors, including one that allows young female doctors to be called in to work in infectious wards the day after giving birth,” said Cezary Tomczyk, parliamentary leader of the biggest opposition party, Civic Coalition.

 

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