Stage II of lifting restrictions related to COVID-19

Business activity- opening of shopping centers and hotels

Important restrictions on trade will be lifted from Monday, 4 May, 2020.

• Shopping centers and large area stores will be open, but with a limited number of people and no meals.

Shopping facilities with a sales area of ​​over 2,000 sq m - i.e. shopping centers, large-format stores - will be opened.

However, a limit of people is introduced. There must be 15 sq m of retail space per person. Importantly - the sales area does not include the area of ​​corridors.

Warning! However, fitness centers and recreational spaces (e.g. playgrounds) cannot operate in shopping centers. There cannot be any places where meals are eaten on site (the so-called food court).

• Hotels and accommodation will open, but without swimming pools and gyms.

Until now, generally hotels have not accepted guests - except for delegated and quarantined persons. This ban is lifted. Hotel and accommodation services may be provided only if that specific security rules are kept.

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

The current trade ban on weekends for large-scale construction stores is lifted.

Social life - you will go to medical rehabilitation and to the museum.

After May weekend, social life will also return to greater normality.

• Libraries and museums

The ban on the activity of libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities is lifted.

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.

• Medical rehabilitation

Sick people and people suffering from pain will be able to benefit from therapeutic rehabilitation from May 4th.

Warning! Massage parlors are still closed!

Nurseries and kindergartens will be opened on May 6 - in exceptional cases local governments may close them.

Children of working parents will be able to return to nurseries or kindergartens. From Wednesday, May 6, 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:

• the kindergarten and nursery are closed by decision of the local government unit,
• when a nursery or kindergarten cannot provide care due to restrictions due to COVID-19.

Basics of new normality - 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 keep in mind especially?

• Keep 2 meters away from others in public spaces.
• Cover your nose and mouth in public areas.
• Work and learn remotely whenever possible.
• Strictly follow sanitary rules in places where people are gathered (disinfection and maintaining a proper distance).
• Quarantine and isolation for infected or potentially infected persons.

Source: www.gov.pl