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Poland reopens Borders and International flights

Poland will reopen its borders with other European Union countries this Saturday, 13 June, and permit international flights from next Tuesday, 16 June, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced today. Poland’s borders have been closed from mid-March to people who are not citizens or residents of the country. Those permitted to enter the country have been obliged to go into quarantine for two weeks on arrival. International air and rail passenger connections have also been suspended, although domestic flights were resumed on 1 June.  In a press conference today, Morawiecki said, “We have been able to quickly bring about the return of our economy to third, fourth gear, and soon, I hope, fifth gear. We need to restore trade contacts with the European Union as soon as possible,” reports Onet. European Commission spokesman Adalbert Jahnz confirmed that Poland had given information that from 13 June it was suspending controls and restrictions on the internal EU borders. “From 16