WARSAW, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Poland reported a new daily record of 20,629 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the national tally to 340,834, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Another 202 people have died, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the country to 5,351.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that cemeteries will be closed this weekend and on Monday. Sunday marks All Saints' Day, when Poles traditionally visit the graves of their loved ones.
Morawiecki also informed that from Monday, public administration employees will work remotely for at least two weeks.
As several countries, including China, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, are racing to find a vaccine against COVID-19, in Poland one candidate medication developed from the blood plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients is currently undergoing testing in the country's eastern town of Lublin. Enditem
