“In connection with the emergence of a new mutation, we have prepared an urgent package of restrictions.

We are introducing a ban on flights from seven African countries, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

It is noted that in Poland at the moment no cases of the new variant of the coronavirus have been identified. 

Earlier, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine said that tourists arriving from a number of countries from southern Africa will have to undergo a two-week quarantine due to the situation with the new omicron coronavirus strain.