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Rising virus cases not a major threat to the recovery

New daily coronavirus cases have hit record highs across Central and Eastern Europe over the past month and authorities have responded by tightening restrictions at a local level. Health systems in Poland and the Czech Republic are well placed to deal with a renewed outbreak and restrictions are unlikely to tighten enough to threaten the recovery, but the risks to the outlook are growing in Romania and Croatia.

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