Government does not rule out introducing state of emergency if pandemic escalates: PM
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The government does not rule out introducing a state of emergency in Poland if the pandemic situation escalates, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the conference.
From Saturday, the whole country will be in the yellow zone; in the red one with the most severe restrictions will be 32 counties and six cities: Grudziądz, Sopot, Piotrków Trybunalski, Suwałki, Kielce and Koszalin. The obligation to cover the mouth and nose will be universal.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that such decisions were made in connection with the growing number of coronavirus infections and deaths caused by it. "Today, the key words are calm and responsible approach, reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 thanks to wearing masks and maintaining social distance," the head of government emphasized.
In Poland, 4,280 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Thursday, and 76 deaths were also recorded, which are the largest numbers since the start of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health reported. A total of 111,599 infections and 2,867 deaths have been reported so far.
A record number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection was also recorded worldwide on Thursday: 338,779, according to data published on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO). The total number of cases exceeded 36 million.
The highest number of new infections was detected in the last 24 hours in India (78,000), Brazil (41,000), the USA (38,000) and France (18,000). According to WHO data, 5,514 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 have died since Wednesday, and the total number of deaths in the pandemic is 1,049,810.
