PRAGUE — 1000’s rallied within the Czech capital of Prague on Sunday to protest the federal government’s restrictive measures to deal with a file surge of coronavirus infections.
The protesters included members and supporters of numerous fringe political events and teams that did not win any parliamentary seats in October’s election. It was their third protest within the final two weeks. The contributors didn’t put on face coverings or comply with social distancing guidelines and drank beer regardless of a ban on consuming alcohol in public.
At Prague’s Letna Park, the protesters chanted “Freedom!” and “We’ve had sufficient!” whereas displaying banners that discouraged getting vaccinated comparable to ones studying“My physique my alternative.”
Police didn’t intervene.
The nation has been setting repeated information in new every day infections, hitting a file excessive of virtually 28,000 instances on Thursday. The an infection fee was at 1,191 new instances per 100,000 residents over the previous seven days. Total, the nation of 10.7 million has registered over 2.1 million instances with 32,837 COVID-related deaths. It has decrease vaccination charges than many different EU nations.
The Czech authorities declared a 30-day state of emergency and imposed further coronavirus restrictions Friday in its effort to deal with the surge. Amongst them, all Christmas markets throughout the nation have been banned and bars, eating places, nightclubs, discotheques and casinos have to shut at 10 p.m.
The variety of folks at cultural and sports activities occasions within the Czech Republic is now restricted to 1,000 who’re vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 whereas all different public gatherings may be attended by solely as much as 100 guests, down from 1,000.