London Several thousand people came to protest in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday against tightening measures on the coronavirus epidemic. In the pictures from the meeting called We Disagree, it was seen that most people did not have veils, nor did they follow the requirement to keep their distance. Due to non-compliance with the distance, the police decided to cancel the event after three hours and disperse the participants. According to Reuters, nine police officers were injured and 16 people were arrested in the clashes.
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Police officers were seen at the edges of the crowd, who did not intervene at first. But because the people formed a dense crowd and did not keep their distance, they asked those present to break up and warned that they would take action against those who disobeyed. Eventually they surrounded the crowd, people spraying water on them and calling to change the side they were standing on. The police then drew their batons.
“The crowd in Trafalgar Square did not meet the conditions ordered to reduce the risk and endangered others by transmitting the virus. We informed the organizers that the event is no longer exempted from the regulation (on collection). By leaving, you can avoid interference and detention, “the police said in a statement.
The participants of the event are annoyed that the government is further tightening the measures. This week, it shortened the operating hours of bars and restaurants, tightened requirements for wearing veils and increased fines for non-compliance. It has banned more than six people from gathering, except for demonstrations if their organizers provide for distances.
The protest took place at the same place a week ago, with several police officers injured and 32 people detained during skirmishes.
Speakers at Saturday’s meeting rejected criticism for spreading conspiracy theories. They are said to be only concerned with respect for human rights and freedom of expression. One participant, Dan Astin-Gregory, said he understood that covid-19 was killing and that people were suffering because of it, but that government measures were disproportionately strict. “We are tired of the fright and misinterpretation of the facts. We are tired of restricting our freedoms, “he said in his speech.
The number of people infected on Friday has risen by 1,657 in the Czech Republic so far. That’s a few hundred more than the day before |
The British authorities announced today that in the last 24 hours the infection was confirmed in another 6042 people and 34 patients died. In Britain, more than 42,000 people died with covid-19, the highest balance in European countries. In recent weeks, data on the daily increase in infected people has been increasing rapidly.
The measures are tightening according to conditions in individual parts of Britain and will affect a quarter of the population of the 66 million country by Monday. The government also added 9 million Londoners to the group of areas of worrying development on Friday,
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