CORONAVIRUS restrictions have prompted another innovation, this time in Poland where a fitness centre has rebranded itself as a place of worship to avoid closure.
A new wave of COVID-19 infections in the country prompted further lockdowns including an order that gymnasiums must shut down.
In response a Krakow sports club has declared itself both as a shop allowing clients to "test" fitness equipment for a fee, as well as creating an association for members called the Church of the Healthy Body.
The new guidelines allow places of worship to remain open, but with limited numbers.
Protestors have noted the inconsistency of the Polish regulations, where gyms must close while pubs are still allowed to continue operating.
Meanwhile further crackdowns in other parts of Europe have seen a couple fined about $500 for kissing in the streets of Milan.
The pair, who have reportedly been engaged for more than two years, found themselves surrounded by four policemen after they removed their masks and kissed in public while on the way to a restaurant.
After questioning them officers issued the penalty because the lovers could not show evidence that they were living at the same address.
Milan is in Italy's Lombardy region, currently seeing over 2,000 daily COVID-19 infections.
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