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Poland reports record rise in daily coronavirus cases – Metro US

Poland reports record rise in daily coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective coverall work at the drive-thru
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective coverall work at the drive-thru testing centre on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Warsaw

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland reported 16,300 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, a daily record, as Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned that people attending mass protests over abortion rights were disregarding “massive” infection risks.

Poland has seen five days of widespread protests following a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal last Thursday that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the predominantly Catholic nation.

(Reporting by Agnieszka Barteczko and Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Catherine Evans)