PARIS, France (AFP) — Fifth-wave coronavirus infections in France are rising at an alarming rate, the government reported Sunday, with new daily Covid cases close to doubling over the past week. The seven-day average of new cases reached 17,153 on Saturday, up from 9,458 a week earlier, according to the health authorities, an increase of 81 percent. “The fifth wave is starting at lightning speed,” government spokesman Gabrial Attal told media. The latest seven-day increase […]