Poland to close schools as of Monday due to coronavirus


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  • Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020

WARSAW (Reuters) - All Polish schools will close starting on Monday to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday.

Poland has confirmed 26 cases of the coronavirus. No one has died.

Morawiecki added that also universities, museums and cinemas will be closed.

(Reporting by Agnieszka Barteczko, Writing by Joanna Plucinska)

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