Authorities see tough times ahead as 3rd Covid-19 wave grips Poland

Warsaw, March 24 : The days and weeks ahead will be difficult due to the third coronavirus wave, the spokesman for Poland’s Health Ministry warned.
Wojciech Andrusiewicz told journalists on Tuesday that the restrictions introduced by the ministry on Saturday are not expected to bring about results in just three or four days, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Polish government imposed a new nationwide partial lockdown last Saturday, after the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic surpassed two million in the country.
“As seen in the Warmia-Mazury Province (in northeastern Poland), a minimum of two weeks is needed for the restrictions to slow down the pandemic,” he was quoted as saying by Polish Press Agency. “There are still quite difficult days and weeks ahead of us.” He said that although the situation in Warmia-Mazury has not stabilised yet, it appears to be improving day by day. This, he said, was good news since the restrictions introduced nationwide on March 20, which include the closure of hotels, shopping malls, cinemas, theaters and swimming pools, had already been applied in Warmia-Mazury on February 27.
Appealing to the public’s sense of responsibility, he said that people should start as soon as possible working remotely for a period of two weeks.