- Ladies and gentlemen, as per recommendations, yesterday President Andrzej Duda had a coronavirus test performed. The result was positive. The President is feeling well. We are in constant contact with the relevant medical services - Błażej Spychalski wrote on Twitter.

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- It's also not the case that we are forbidding seniors from leaving their homes. Of course not. We are encouraging them, recommending it. If I were to advise someone, truly, people over 70 could have prayed at home this year, instead of visiting graves in cemeteries - stated Waldemar Kraska in an interview with Krzysztof Ziemiec on RMF FM. - Seniors should stay at home - he emphasized, when asked about the content of the regulations.

- I do not foresee such a scenario [where new restrictions won't work]. That's why we are introducing these restrictions, quite rigorous ones. Personally, I am in favour of very rigorous, but short restrictions, because there is another theory that says we introduce mild restrictions, but they last longer. I think this system, of introducing quite rigorous, but short restrictions, should work. It's a matter of a week to 10 days, as epidemiologists say, for effects to be seen. I am counting on the mask effect, which was introduced two weeks ago, to also start working this week - stated Waldemar Kraska in an interview with Krzysztof Ziemiec on RMF FM.

The Ministry of Health (MZ) has reported 13,628 new cases of coronavirus infection in Poland. Additionally, 179 individuals have succumbed to the virus.

[Link to MZ_GOV_PL tweet 1: https://twitter.com/MZ_GOV_PL/status/1319919112085295110]
[Link to MZ_GOV_PL tweet 2: https://twitter.com/MZ_GOV_PL/status/1319919114891284480]

The pandemic had no significant impact on the process of disbursing European funds. Over six months of the coronavirus pandemic, from mid-March to mid-September 2020, BGK disbursed as much as PLN 29 billion from European funds. This is PLN 7 billion more than in the corresponding period last year - the bank reported. BGK, which has been responsible for the disbursement of most European funds since January 1, 2010, has processed approximately one million orders totaling over PLN 450 billion: over PLN 270 billion from the 2007-2013 Financial Perspective and over PLN 180 billion from the 2014-2020 Financial Perspective. "The largest amounts disbursed to date have been from the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment, followed by Smart Development, and the third programme from which we disbursed the most funds is Knowledge Education Development" – explained Andrzej Stelmaszczyk from BGK. In terms of the number of orders, the dominant Operational Programmes were: Knowledge Education Development (nearly 105,000), Infrastructure and Environment (approx. 45,000), and Smart Development (approx. 35,000). Operational Programmes financed by European funds concern, among others, support for the unemployed; assistance in starting one's own business; subsidies for research and development work and for the implementation of the results of this work; support for product and process innovations; support for universities, preschool education places, and students of schools and vocational training institutions participating in internships and apprenticeships with employers; support for the transport and health sectors, or assistance in removing barriers for people with disabilities.

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- There is no agreement on the hell that PiS is preparing for women. Unfortunately, this government behaves incredibly cynically. In the midst of an epidemic, they provoke us to protest. I am here as the Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw. I am checking if it is safe, and I appeal to everyone to wear masks and maintain distance as much as possible - said Rafał Trzaskowski on Facebook, live from Nowogrodzka Street in Warsaw, during another day of protests.

- This time, PiS has gone too far, because by infringing on women's rights, by bringing about a situation where they will prepare hell for women who will not be able to make decisions in such difficult circumstances, I think this is truly the beginning of the end. This cynicism is simply unbelievable, and yesterday it was visible on the streets of many Polish cities. This protest is very peaceful, with safety measures observed. I think PiS did not know exactly what they were provoking - he continued.

Due to conflicting information in the media, I kindly inform you: work at the National Stadium is continuing without interruption (a great team is there), and everyone who participated in the meeting with the President is calmly awaiting the results of the epidemiological investigation. Wishing everyone good health! - Michał Dworczyk wrote on Twitter. https://twitter.com/michaldworczyk/status/1319954465819066368?s=21

- I propose this solution in three steps. Firstly, due to a state of necessity, the Prime Minister should not publish the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling. This is a clear statement of the matter. I would not say this in any other case, but today, a state of necessity means taking care of the health and lives of citizens, protecting them from the coronavirus. It is about maintaining social peace and public order. These three premises constitute a state of necessity that allows the Prime Minister not to publish the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling. Under normal circumstances, he should do so immediately. But today, the more important premise is health and life and caring for social peace. This is a more important value, and at the foot of this value, one can simply place the value of careful legislation and the fulfillment of the obligation to publish the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling - stated Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at a press briefing. - I expect a declaration from the Prime Minister within the next few hours that he will not publish this [Constitutional Tribunal's] ruling until, and this is the second point of our plan, until the end of the epidemic, and then we will hold a referendum in a non-election year on whether one is for maintaining the abortion compromise or against it. And a commitment from all political forces, this is the third point, that the results of this referendum will be binding and this resolution will be inscribed in the Constitution - he continued.

- As a result of a conducted test, I know that I have contracted coronavirus. I have not felt and do not feel any symptoms, especially the most typical ones like loss of taste or smell. I haven't had and don't have anything like that, but unfortunately, the test result is absolutely unambiguous. I feel well right now. The next few days I will be in self-isolation, with my wife, in fact. I will, of course, be working remotely, there is no problem with that. I am in full health and I hope it stays that way - stated President Andrzej Duda in a recording published on Twitter.

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