Poland may tighten COVID-19 curbs if cases keep growing, says minister

Poland will need to consider tighter COVID-19 restrictions if average daily cases exceed 7,000, the health minister was quoted as saying on Monday, as the government warned that infections were almost doubling each week. Central and eastern Europe, where vaccination rates are lower than in the west of the continent, has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks, with officials in Poland urging the public to get vaccinated and follow the restrictions in place. 'If, at the end of October, we are at an average level of over 7,000 cases per day, we will have to consider taking some more restrictive steps,' Adam Niedzielski was quoted as saying by state-run news agency PAP.