Facing "most difficult moment" of pandemic, Poland toughens COVID-19 curbs

WARSAW: Poland will shut kindergartens, hair salons and limit church service attendance from Saturday in response to the "most difficult moment" of the coronavirus outbreak, its prime minister said, as it set another record for daily cases.

Mateusz Morawiecki said the health service was reaching the limits of its capacity, and that restricting citizens' mobility and business activity was essential to contain the virus's spread. "Poland today is in the most difficult moment of the pandemic in 13 months," he told a news conference.