Hotels, shopping centres and medical rehabilitation centres will open again on the 4th of May
Marta Kufel
We are entering the second, earlier announced, stage of lifting restrictions related to COVID-19. After the May Weekend, shopping centres and hotels will reopen and construction stores will be open on weekends. However, it is not all. Sick people will be able return to rehabilitation, and libraries and cultural institutions will be gradually opened after consultation with the Sanitary Inspection. Also changes in the functioning of kindergartens and nurseries are introduced. What else will change after the long May weekend?
The return to normality was divided into stages. Total defrosting of the economy and everyday life of Poles depends on the development of the epidemic in the country. We are constantly observing the epidemic situation, analyzing the dynamics of the increase in new cases, and also monitoring the efficiency of the health service. We make a decision on these bases and therefore, we accelerate some changes to the 4th of May 2020.
Business activities - open shopping centres and hotels
From Monday, the 4th of May 2020, we lift significant trade restrictions.
- Shopping centres and large area stores will be open, but with a limit of number of people and without serving meals
Shopping facilities with a sales area of over 2000 m2 - i.e. shopping centres, large-format stores - will be opened.
However, we are introducing a limit of people. There must be 15m2 of retail space per person. What is important - the area of corridors shall not be included in the sales area.
Attention! Fitness centres and recreational spaces (e.g. playgrounds) cannot operate in shopping centres. There cannot be any places where meals are eaten on site (the so-called food courts).
- Hotels and accommodation will start, but without swimming pools and gyms
Until now, hotels have not generally accepted guests - except for delegated or quarantined persons. We lift this restriction. Hotel and accommodation services may be provided but only if specific security rules are preserved.
Important! The operation of hotel restaurants and recreational spaces - e.g. gyms, meeting rooms, swimming pools - is still limited in hotels and accommodation facilities.
- Construction stores open on weekends
We lift the weekends trade restriction for large construction stores.
Social life - you will be able to go to medical rehabilitation centre and to the museum
After May weekend, social life will also start getting back to normal.
- Libraries and museums
We are revoking the ban on libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions.
Important! Cultural institutions will be opened gradually and at different times. The authority running the given institution will decide about the specific date after consultation with the poviat sanitary and epidemiological station.
- City bikes
After the May weekend we will be able to use city bikes.
- Medical rehabilitation
Sick people and people suffering from pain will be able to benefit from therapeutic rehabilitation from the 4th of May.
Warning! Massage parlours are still closed!
From the 6th of May nurseries and kindergartens are open, however, in exceptional cases, local governments may close them
Children of working parents will be able to return to nurseries or kindergartens. From Wednesday, the 6th of May, the authorities running these institutions can open them, taking into account the guidelines of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, as well as the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.
Important! Due to the epidemiological situation, the leading authority may limit the size of the kindergarten group or limit the number of children under care in nurseries.
Important! A local government unit may close all nurseries and kindergartens in its area on the basis of existing general provisions.
Childcare allowance is paid to parents when:
- kindergarten and nursery are closed by decision of the local government unit,
- when a nursery or kindergarten cannot provide care due to restrictions connected with COVID-19.
Basics of new normal - the most important permanent safety principles
A gradual return to normality does not absolve us from applying basic safety principles. They must become the basis of our daily functioning. What should you especially keep in mind?
- Keep two-meter distance from others in public spaces.
- Cover your nose and mouth in public places.
- Work and learn remotely whenever possible.
- Strictly follow sanitary rules in places where people are gathered (disinfection and maintaining a sufficient distance).
- Quarantine and isolation for infected or potentially infected persons.
Source: gov.pl
