Poland plans to inaugurate a 35-billion-zloty (9.5 billion dollars) aid package for firms which suffered due to the partial lockdown prompted by the most recent wave of the pandemic, an official said.
The Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki said this during a news conference in Warsawon Wednesday.
The aid will be directed primarily at firms which “were especially hit by the virus in October, November, December,” and has already received a green light from the European Commission, Morawiecki said.
As the number of coronavirus cases grew exponentially starting in late September, Poland returned to anti-coronavirus measures that included, among others, the closure of gyms and swimming pools as well as prohibitions on the use of hotels, except for business travel.
Some restrictions on shopping malls were lifted during the pre-Christmas period, but will resume shortly after the holidays.
The new aid package will come in the form of various instruments aimed at compensating the firms’ costs, but also in the form of direct liquidity injections, Morawiecki said.
So far during the pandemic, Poland has supported its firms with 150 billion zloty in aid, including nearly 61 billion in direct liquidity injections, the prime minister said.
According to Morawiecki, the Polish economy may return to its pre-pandemic state at the turn of 2021/2022.
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