Polish deputy lower-house speaker says he has coronavirus

Polish deputy lower-house Speaker Piotr Zgorzelski has announced he has contracted the coronavirus and is now in quarantine.

Piotr Zgorzelski.

Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

Zgorzelski, who is a senior parliamentarian with the opposition Polish People's Party (PSL), said in a social media post on Monday morning that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

“My coronavirus test came back positive,” he said on Twitter.

He added that he was “feeling good” and staying quarantined.

He also thanked the country’s health professionals for their hard work, "often on the verge of human endurance."

Otrzymałem pozytywny test na obecność koronawirusa. Czuję się dobrze. Przebywam w kwarantannie. Uważajcie na siebie i nie lekceważcie zagrożenia. Pracownikom służby zdrowia i inspekcji sanitarnej bardzo dziękuję za ich pracę, często na granicy ludzkiej wytrzymałości.

— Piotr Zgorzelski (@PZgorzelskiP) October 5, 2020

Zgorzelski appealed to the public not to play down COVID-19 risks.

"Take care of yourselves and do not underestimate the threat," he tweeted.

A total of 100,074 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Poland since the start of the pandemic, and 2,630 have died from the COVID-19 respiratory disease so far, public health officials said on Sunday.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, PAP