COVID-19 quarantine to be shortened in Poland

Close contacts of people with confirmed Covid-19 will be required to undergo a seven-day quarantine from Tuesday, spokesperson for the Polish health ministry Wojciech Andrusiewicz has said.

Polish health minister Adam Niedzielski speaks at a press conference dedicated to the current coronavirus situation in Poland, January 21.

Photo: PAP/Albert Zawada

In the latest revision to the country’s coronavirus regulations, Poland’s government took the decision earlier this week to shorten the time of quarantine from 10 to seven days for close contacts of infected people.

The new rules will come into effect from Tuesday, after they have been published on Monday, the spokesperson told the Polish News Agency PAP.

Health Minister Adam Niedzielski this week warned that coronavirus infections in the country would hit new records during the next few weeks, surpassing 60,000 daily cases and possibly approaching 140,000.

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Source: PAP