MTI reported that thousands took to the streets on Saturday in Sydney and other Australian cities to protest restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
For the unauthorized demonstration, the police hurried with great force in Sydney, arresting several protesters. In some places, protesters broke through the official cordon and threw plastic bottles at police officers. Demonstrators without masks marched through the city center, calling for “freedom” and “justice”.
Police in New South Wales acknowledged in a statement that people had a right to be heard, but ruled that the movement violated health rules imposed due to the pandemic.
From New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, another record number of 163 new coronavirus infections was reported on Saturday. Sydney and its suburbs are under construction for four weeks, and residents are only leaving their homes when absolutely necessary.
Thousands of protesters without masks also took to the streets in Melbourne, Victoria. Protesters say the lockdown is not about the virus, but about the government’s desire to put people under complete control.
A car show is scheduled to take place in Adelaide, which is also under construction, due to pandemic restrictions.
Immediate closures, immediate contact and adherence to strict social distancing rules have so far helped Australia reduce the number of coronavirus patients compared to other developed countries. More than 32,000 infected people have been registered in the country, of whom 916 have died.
Although it’s been a year and a half since the outbreak and more than half of Australia’s population – some 13 million people in a country of 25 million – living under pandemic restrictions, authorities are having a much more difficult time dealing with the more contagious delta type of virus. virus. , writes MTI.
