Poland today recorded another 23,000 new daily coronavirus cases and over 400 deaths.
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Poland records almost 25,000 daily Covid cases and 463 deaths amid calls for restrictions
“For the time being we do not see the need to introduce additional restrictions,” said a health ministry spokesman.
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