COVID-19: Easter preparations around the world

An inflated bunny is on display at the Lindt store to advertise Easter candy in Boston, Massachusetts. A stay-at-home order by Gov. Charlie Baker is in effect through May 4, while Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has enacted a recommended curfew of 9 p.m, and is encouraging the use of face masks in public spaces.

Maureen Salley, waves to motorists as she walks along Wyoming Avenue in Forty Fort, Pa., dressed like the Easter Bunny. With Easter approaching during the coronavirus pandemic where most of the country is under some form of lockdown, Salley said, "I bought the costume off of a friend last week. I'm doing this to make people happy. I've been out walking a few hours today. Just a public service to spread some joy and Easter cheer. When I see kids in their yards I'm letting them know the Easter Bunny is still coming."

Rev. John G. Restrepo, O.P., V.F., pastor of St. Dominic Catholic Church, rides in a truck with the Hope Monstrance on Holy Wednesday to bless residents in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ahead of the Easter holiday on April 12, churches are closed in the New Orleans area because of the coronavirus.

Tailor of traditional costumes Petra Kupke holds a protective mask with Easter motif that she produced in her studio, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Raeckelwitz, Germany.

A priest wearing a face mask gives a confession to a believer in a parking lot in front of the Warsaw Temple of Divine Providence, in preparation towards the upcoming Easter, in Warsaw, Poland amidst the new COVID-19 pandemic.

An employee of cake shop prepares chocolate Easter bunnies with masks in Lykovrisi, northern Athens. Cake shops and bakeries in Greece have remained open during a strict circulation ban in Greece to contain the spread of the COVID-19, but authorities have intensified a crackdown on lockdown violations ahead of Easter, which is celebrated by Orthodox Christians on April 19. Greece's Orthodox Church says it will not permit any public gatherings for Easter services.

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, conducts a religion service celebrating the Annunciation, on the eve of Orthodox Easter during a live broadcast from the almost empty Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, RussiA. As the coronavirus outbreak picked up speed in Russia last month, authorities all over the country cancelled public events and ordered residents in most regions to stay home, with the exception of grocery shopping, going to pharmacies or taking out trash. Eastern Orthodox churches, which observe the ancient Julian calendar, usually celebrate Easter later than Western churches.

French chocolate maker Jean-Francois Pre displays Easter eggs shaped as coronavirus in his pastry shop ahead of Easter celebrations in Landivisiau, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in France.

Vanda Mrazikova and Martina Kacenova, dressed in traditional costume with protective face masks, show a colored Easter eggs which reads COVID-19 and the year 2020, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in the village of Soblahov, Slovakia.

Chocolate Easter Bunnies dressed as a nurse with protective masks and a roll of toilet paper are seen at a chocolate factory in Pirmasens,Germany,as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues.

Vanda Mrazikova and Martina Kacenova, dressed in traditional costume with protective face masks, decorate a weeping willow with colored Easter eggs, in the village of Soblahov, Slovakia.

Members of the medical staff pose with Easter eggs donated from Ferrero to San Filippo Neri hospital and First Aid department, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Rome, Italy.