it really can be a situation where if most people have a high level of immunity and the virus which is the threat which is omicron right now is circulating at relatively low levels in your community so not many people are infected, i think then you go back to something that is not entirely normal. i think folks at risk, old enough, i m probably going to still wear a mask when i m flying or in public transportation. but i will go to a restaurant. i will go to a bar. i will go to a movie. i think you re going to watch the covid reports the way you watch the weather reports. if there does appear to be a surge, then we will require a mask again in certain indoor spaces. but i think that s the kind of situation where, truly, in a month or so in the united states, we may be at a point where it actually is like the flu. where the risk to most people is no worse than the flu. but we re not there yet. and in many parts of europe, they re not there yet. i think it s premature to do it now. it se
other service providers will be allowed to reopen. and the french court is suspended paris strict outdoor mask mandate. the tribunal warned that it s not only necessary but proportion to health. i m joined by cnn s melissa bell following all of this from paris. you know that ruling on masks, i was stunned that you have to wear, by law, masks in paris outside. i know now that s been overturned. but it certainly does indicate that level of fatigue, right, right across europe, for a lot of these restrictions? reporter: that s right. and restrictions that are becoming long-term ones. nearly two years long from when this virus first hit europe, paula, we re looking at the most contagious ways that we ve seen so far, that omicron wave that you talked about a moment ago, essentially so many people getting infected. and people getting infected at a faster rate than ever before. and forcing government to change the way they think about how
they re going to deal with it. so, the point is, the government, the dutch, for instance, reopening hair salons and beauty parlors that is about learning to live longer term with a virus that is going to spread beyond control of authorities. with less pressure on hospitalizations in icus and we mentioned in spain, that figure of number of contaminations in a single week. the point is what the spaniards are seeing as other european countries it s not the pressure from the hospitals. it s about helping the jern population cope with the fact that a greater portion of the people will get sick. we saw record numbers in france, netherlands and germany, too. and more people getting sick and trying to keep schools open, for instance. at the same time, that fatigue, as you mentioned lead this week to school teachers striking here in france on thursday, opposed to rules that have been changed to try to keep children in
let s move on. you heard it there, paula. let s talk about anything, g7, northern ireland, the vaccine, anything at all. but the parties are going on in downing street. i hardly doubt anybody is moving on soon, paula. there s that going on in place with the allegations ranging from 2020 to 2021, to find out whether or not prime minister boris johnson could be implicated. paula. that means he will continue to face questions about what he knew, which parties he attended, all of that, as omicron is still a factor in britain. salma abdelaziz, appreciate that update. elsewhere in europe, germany s top official says around 1% of the population is currently infected with covid. reported a record high for the third day in a row. friday, morning 92,000 new cases. the netherlands, meantime, is relaxing some of its covid restrictions beginning today. nonessential stores, hairdressers, beauty salons and