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Polish PM recommends nation-wide 'red zone' lockdown

Warsaw already advised "everyone who can to work remotely"

22 October, 16:09
(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, 22 OTT - Poland's prime minister said Wednesday he wanted "red zone" lockdown measures to be extended to the entire country amid a record spike in infections. The move came as Poland saw a new daily 24-hour record of 10,040 coronavirus cases on Wednesday Almost half of the country, mostly large cities and surrounding areas, was already designated a "red zone" last Saturday. "I will recommend that from Saturday all of Poland will become a 'red zone," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the private Polsat TV station ahead of a crisis team meeting that will formally decide on the measure. Morawiecki had already advised "everyone who can to work remotely" as of last week. All secondary schools in "red zones" are shut and have switched to distance learning. Fitness clubs and pools are also closed. Restaurants close at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT), weddings are banned and there are strict limits on the numbers of people allowed in shops and on public transport and at religious services. (ANSA-AFP).

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