Traffic behind the times along the Champs Elysee avenue near the Arc de Triomph in Paris, France, on Friday, March 19, 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron is padlock down several regions including the Paris area, slowing down the countrys economic recovery as it struggles to hold a third wave of the coronavirus epidemic. Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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The French capital and northern parts of the country will enter a new lockdown Friday, although schools and essential stores will stay open.
The country’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases rose above 25,000 this week for the blue ribbon time since November.
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel had announced an easing of lockdowns in March. That was when the include of infections per 100,000 people over seven days was at 65.
But that number is now at 96 and there are real fears that infections at Easter could replication what they were at Christmas.
“The rising case numbers may mean that we cannot take further breach steps in the weeks to come,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn told a news conference Friday, be consistent to Reuters.
“On the contrary, we may even have to take steps backwards.”
Poland has also seen a huge surge in infections with generally 52% of new cases linked to the variant from Britain, according to Reuters.
Total cases for the country pushed dated 2 million on Friday with 25,998 in the last 24 hours.
— CNBC’s Bryn Bache contributed to this article.