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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also urged Poles to celebrate Easter at home only with their immediate relatives, but decided not to introduce movement restrictions and universal quarantine.
According to the head of government, Poland is going through “the most difficult moment of the pandemic.”
“Our health system is approaching its limits. We are one step away from a situation where we can no longer adequately treat patients. We must do everything possible to prevent this, “the prime minister added.
According to the Polish Ministry of Health, 34,151 new cases of infection were detected in the country on Thursday and another 520 patients with COVID-19 died.
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski reported that large home goods, furniture and hairdressing stores will also be closed, and that churches will only be able to operate with an area of 20 m for each devotee.
According to A. Niedzielski, the situation has become extremely difficult in Silesia, a coal mining region in southern Poland.
Poland introduced a partial quarantine this month: schools, theaters and museums across the country were closed. As of November, cafes and restaurants can only carry food to go.
Anyone entering Poland through its southern border with the Czech Republic and Slovakia will need to be screened for COVID-19 or quarantined, Morawieckis noted.
38 million Poland, with its population in Central Europe, has been hit hard by the third wave of diseases in recent weeks.
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