Coronavirus in Poland. New information about infections. October 19

“5 people died from COVID-19, while 36 people died from coexistence of COVID-19 with other diseases.” – informed the Ministry of Health. Most deaths so far was recorded on Friday, 132 people died.

Coronavirus in Poland. How many people are under a respirator?

Due to the coronavirus, there are 8,000 in hospitals. 375 people who were confirmed to be infected. 675 is under respirators, the Ministry of Health informed on Saturday. Last day 1 thousand recovered. 363 people.

The ministry said on Saturday that 94,000 have recovered from the beginning of the epidemic. 14 people confirmed to be infected. 304,000 are currently quarantined. 567 people, and sanitary and epidemiological supervision – 46 thousand. 864.

Coronavirus in Poland. New restrictions entered the weekend

From Saturday, there are 152 poviats in the red zone with 70 percent. population of Poland. There are 11 provincial cities in the red zone, incl. Warsaw and Krakow. The rest of the country is still in the yellow zone. At the same time, new restrictions in zones were announced. Here are the changes in effect:

Coronavirus in Poland. Which counties are in the red zone?

• Lower Silesia: Głogów, Kamienna Góra, Legnica, Lubin, Milicz and Polkowice poviats;
• Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship: Aleksandrowski, Bydgoszcz, Grudziądz, Inowrocław, Mogilno, Nakielski, Radziejowski, Toruń, Tuchola, Włocławski, Żniński, Bydgoszcz, Grudziądz, Toruń and Włocławek poviats;
• Lublin province: poviats of Janowski, Lublin, Łęczna, Łuków, Puławy, Rycki, Świdnica, Włodawski, Chełm, Lublin and Zamość;
• Lubuskie: Gorzowski, Krosno, Międzyrzec and Żarski poviats;
• Lodz Voivodeship: Bełchatów, Łowicz, Eastern Łódź, Pabianice, Pajęczański, Piotrków, Radomszczański, Wieluń, Brzezin, Łódź, Piotrków Trybunalski and Skierniewice poviats;
• Lesser Poland Voivodeship: Bochnia, Chrzanów, Gorlice, Kraków, Limanowski, Miechowski, Myślenice, Nowosądecki, Nowy Targ, Olkusz, Oświęcim, Suski, Tatra, Wadowicki, Wieliczka, Kraków, Nowy Sącz and Tarnów poviats;
• masovian district: Garwolin, Legionowo, Maków, Otwock, Przasnyski, Radom, Szydłowiec, Siedlce and Warsaw poviats;
• Opolskie Voivodeship: Głubczyce, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Krapkowicki, Namysłowski, Nyski, Oleski, Prudnik and Strzelce districts;
• Podkarpackie voivodeship: Brzozowski, Dębicki, Jarosław, Kolbuszowski, Leżajsk, Łańcut, Mielec, Przemyśl, Przeworsk, Ropczyce-Sędziszowski, Rzeszów, Sanok, Strzyżów, Leski, Przemyśl and Rzeszów poviats;
• Podlaskie Voivodeship: Białystok, Bielsko, Hajnowski, Sokolski, Wysokie Mazowieckie, Zambrowski, Białystok and Suwałki poviats;
• Pomeranian Voivodeship: Chojnice, Gdańsk, Kartuzy, Kościerzyna, Kwidzyn, Lębork, Puck, Słupsk, Starogard, Tczew, Wejherowo, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Słupsk and Sopot poviats;
• Silesian Voivodeship: Cieszyn, Częstochowa, Kłobuck, Żywiec, Częstochowa and Ruda Śląska poviats;
• Holy Cross province: Busko, Jędrzejów, Kielce, Pińczów, Skarżysko, Włoszczowa and Kielce poviats;
• Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship: Działdowo, Iława, New Town and Olsztyn poviats;
• Greater Poland Voivodeship: Gostyń, Jarocin, Krotoszyn, Międzychodzki, Ostrow, Poznań, Rawicki, Słupecki, Wolsztyn and Poznań oases;
• West Pomeranian voivodeship: Sławno, Szczecin and Koszalin poviats.

Coronavirus in Poland. New restrictions in the red zone

• Coronavirus: Red zone. New restrictions. The limit of people in stores will be 5 per one working cash desk for surface stores up to 100 square meters. For larger stores, it will be one person per 15 square meters
• The gastronomic activity will be possible from 6 am to 9 pm, then only take-out meals are possible
• It is forbidden to organize special events such as weddings
• Maximum 1 person per 7 square meters in churches
• Public assemblies allowed up to 10 people
• In public transport, not more than 50 percent. seats or 30 percent. all places
• Universities and secondary schools are switching to distance learning (apart from practical classes)
• water parks, swimming pools and gyms are closed

Coronavirus. New restrictions in the yellow zone

• The gastronomic activity will be possible from 6 am to 9 pm, then only take-out meals are possible
• From 19 October, a maximum of 20 people will be able to take part in special events without the possibility of dancing
• Meetings will be limited to 25 people
• Sports events without public participation, the activities of swimming pools and gyms are suspended
• In public transport, not more than 50 percent. seats or 30 percent. all places
• A maximum of 25% may participate in cultural events. the audience
• Colleges and high schools are switching to hybrid teaching

Coronavirus in Poland. How does the government want to fight the pandemic?

According to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, we do not need to introduce a complete lockdown, but we should adhere to appropriate restrictions. – We want to implement restrictions, but we also want the economy to function as well as possible – declared Morawiecki.

– We stopped distancing ourselves from one another. According to objective data, we have returned to high social mobility again, he added.

– Isolation, but also help for the elderly, will be decisive for the success of our activities. Where we are in the fight against the coronavirus depends on what happened a week, two or three weeks ago – said Morawiecki.

– We want to come back to the “stay at home” recommendation – said the prime minister. As he added, it is about limiting unnecessary interpersonal contacts and parties.

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