Pandemia COVID-19 i jej wpływ na sytuację społeczno-gospodarczą kraju i regionów

The aim of this paper is to analyse the pandemic state as well as its chosen social and economic consequences from the perspective of the two-year SARS-CoV-2 virus proliferation. These issues are presented in both the global and regional scale: the latter one on the example of Poland. During the early period of the virus proliferation, the pandemic triggered significant changes in the world’s socio-economic situation; they were connected to the shutdown of many economic branches due to pandemic reasons and social isolation. This situation resulted in the growing uncertainty and the worsening conditions in various fields: labour market, financial markets, one’s own health and life. Undoubtedly, the pandemic has become one of the major socio-economic problems in the global scale, and its consequences for economy and society – due to its multidimensional and complex nature – are severe. Additionally, some of these consequences may pass unnoticeable today but will reveal themselves only in the future.