The RKI public health institute has warned that Germany could see 100,000 infections a day if the third wave of coronavirus spreads unchecked.
Due to the pandemic in Germany exploding faster than expected, Random checks and compulsory tests will be enforced on the border with France.
This has brought fear into Officials as they find out that the third wave could be more dangerous and harder to curb than the previous ones with infections running at more than 20,000 a day.
Health Minister Jens Spahn warned: “If this continues unchecked we run the risk of our health system hitting breaking point in April.”
Germany is among a number of European countries where COVID infections have been rising fast this week. Cases are also up in Poland by 35%, and health officials in both countries say the spread of the UK (Kent) variant is behind the surge.
