Thousands protest coronavirus restrictions in Czech capital

PRAGUE – Thousands rallied successful the Czech superior of Prague connected Sunday to protestation the government’s restrictive measures to tackle a grounds surge of coronavirus infections.

The protesters included members and supporters of a fig of fringe governmental parties and groups that failed to triumph immoderate parliamentary seats successful October’s election. It was their 3rd protestation successful the past 2 weeks. The participants didn’t deterioration look coverings oregon travel societal distancing rules and drank brew contempt a prohibition connected drinking intoxicant successful public.

At Prague’s Letna Park, the protesters chanted “Freedom!” and “We’ve had enough!” portion displaying banners that discouraged getting vaccinated specified arsenic ones reading“My assemblage my choice."

Police didn’t intervene.

The state has been mounting repeated records successful caller regular infections, hitting a grounds precocious of astir 28,000 cases connected Thursday. The corruption complaint was astatine 1,191 caller cases per 100,000 residents implicit the past 7 days. Overall, the federation of 10.7 cardinal has registered implicit 2.1 cardinal cases with 32,837 COVID-related deaths. It has little vaccination rates than galore different EU nations.

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The Czech authorities declared a 30-day authorities of exigency and imposed further coronavirus restrictions Friday successful its effort to tackle the surge. Among them, each Christmas markets crossed the state were banned and bars, restaurants, nightclubs, discotheques and casinos person to adjacent astatine 10 p.m.

The fig of radical astatine taste and sports events successful the Czech Republic is present constricted to 1,000 who are vaccinated oregon person recovered from COVID-19 portion each different nationalist gatherings tin beryllium attended by lone up to 100 visitors, down from 1,000.

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