The Polish government plans to spend 10 billion PLN (EUR 2.2bn) on water retention measures over the next seven years, a Cabinet minister has said, amid warnings that the country is facing its worst drought for 50 years. The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Inland Navigation, said the government aimed to plough the money into „serious, very specific activities that will increase water retention in Poland to 15 percent”. President Andrzej Duda also appealed to Poles this week to save water, adding that over 600 projects improving retention would be carried out across the country.

New financial data from a Polish company who provide insurance services to Polish entrepreneurs shows that 101 companies went bankrupt in March this year, marking an 11.4 percent decrease from the previous month. The report by the Export Credit Insurance Corporation explains that the surprising results may be partly caused by payment periods between companies that are being mutually extended to avoid companies defaulting and also that companies would rather keep their existing clients and they are paying late rather than have to find new ones in the current uncertain economic conditions.

Source – The First News

And finally, a new paid, drive through Coronavirus testing facility is operating in Gdańsk for people who would like to be tested if they currently have Coronavirus and allows them to do so without having to leave their vehicle. The service is operating at Gdańsk Science and Technology Park car park in Morena. Customers choose a date and time to have the test taken and then drive to the testing station where a swab is taken through the window of the car. The results are then available online within 24 hours of taking the test. The test does not show if a person has already had coronavirus and has acquired immunity.

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