The Polish Ministry of Health will soon announce new restrictions that will apply to people coming to Poland from Great Britain – said ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusewicz.
Additional restrictions will be linked to the expansion of the Indian variant of the coronavirus, the so-called delta variant, which is already responsible for more than 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the UK.
The Indian mutation is much more contagious than previous variants of the virus. The UK continues to record several thousand new cases per day despite the high vaccination coverage of the population.
According to Public Health England, the delta variant is currently responsible for almost all outbreaks of the new coronavirus in the UK.
– Regarding quarantine after arrival from Great Britain, an additional solution is likely to be introduced – Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Tuesday.
He did not rule out the possibility of imposing additional restrictions on new arrivals from the islands.
Italy recently imposed restrictions on entry to the United Kingdom, joining France, Germany, Austria and Ireland, which have already imposed various restrictions on entry to the United Kingdom.
According to Rzeczpospolita, about 4,000 jobs are planned for the month of July alone. Careers. Flights from Great Britain to Poland.
The largest Polish emigration lives in Great Britain – about 800 thousand. People, many of whom will want to visit their families and friends back home.
It should be noted that, according to the generally prevailing views, it was the arrival of many Poles from Great Britain that caused the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic in Poland.
Before Christmas in Poland, the government imposed a ban on flights from airports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
British planes were prevented from landing due to the discovery of a new type of coronavirus (alpha) in Great Britain.
However, in the last days before the ban came into effect, thousands of Poles were flown from Great Britain to Poland by air.
Despite information at the time about the new British variant of the coronavirus, the government has not investigated or even tested it.
Source: x-news