Poland has detected its first three cases of the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus, the health minister said on Thursday, as the European nation starts to emerge from a third wave of the pandemic.
Poland tightened quarantine rules in May for people travelling from Brazil, India and South Africa after cases of an Indian variant of the virus were detected in the Warsaw and Katowice areas.
The three cases of the Brazilian variant were detected in Poland's southern Silesia region, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said.
He also criticised the laboratory which had detected the new variant for informing the media first, rather than authorities.
"First thing to do is contacting the sanitary authority" - the minister cautioned and informed that a special legislation was being prepared to sanction this duty.
Poland has so far reported 2,818,378 coronavirus cases and 68,993 deaths.
Poland reopened shopping centres in May, the beginning of a gradual unfreezing of the economy that will see restaurants, hotels and schools reopening at different points this month.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters