Poland Becomes Latest Country To Re-Shut Cinemas In “Circuit-Breaker” Lockdown
Tom Grater International Film ReporterPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that the country will be tightening lockdown restrictions as it battles rising COVID-19 cases.As part of the measures, theatres, cinemas and museums will close from November 6 to November 29, according to journalist Jakub Krupa.Morawiecki said the country would progress into full lockdown if the ‘circuit breaker’ approach, which many Euro nations are employing as a way to stem increasing infections ahead of the Christmas period, does not work.Poland reported 24,692 new COVID-19 cases and 373 deaths on Tuesday (November 3), a new high in the country since the pandemic began.