Polish President Andrzej Duda Tests Positive for Coronavirus

(Bloomberg) --

Polish President Andrzej Duda tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman Blazej Spychalski wrote on Twitter on Saturday, as the chancellery goes into quarantine.

The president, who on Friday visited the National Stadium in Warsaw, where Poland is putting together a special Covid-19 hospital, and also met with French Open winner Iga Swiatek, is feeling well, the spokesman said.

The news came as Poland registered a record number of Covid-19 cases in four of the last seven days, prompting the government to announce new limits on gatherings, closures of bars and restaurants, mandatory online classes for some elementary school students and restrictions on movements.

Poland reported 13,628 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly less than Friday’s record. The number of deaths hit a record 179, and almost 479,000 people are now in quarantine in the country.

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