Poland will likely have to toughen Covid-19 restrictions again after reporting what early figures suggest will be a record number of new infections, the prime minister's top aide Michal Dworczyk has said.
The government ordered theatres, shopping centres, hotels and cinemas to close last week after a rise in cases, driven by the variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain.
But there have been growing media reports that it will have to bring in more curbs ahead of the busy Easter holidays, usually marked by packed church services and family gatherings. "We are waiting for the final data but all indications are that we will have over 29,000 new infections," Mr Dworczyk told private television broadcaster Polsat News.