German government calls coronavirus protest in Berlin ‘unacceptable’ vanguardnews
The German government chastised thousands of people, who gathered in Berlin, at the weekend to protest coronavirus restrictions, as packed crowds in the capital stoked fears of a spike in infections.
Demmer condemned “serious violations of the hygiene rules’’ as well as hate speech, noting also that protesters prevented journalists from doing their job. Police said up to 17,000 people took part in a march against coronavirus restrictions in the capital on Saturday, with a subsequent rally attracting a crowd of some 20,000.Because many participants were not keeping the required distance from one another or wearing masks, police broke up the event in the early evening.
“Peaceful demonstrations are of course also very important in these very trying times,’’ Demmer said. Armin Schuster, an expert for interior affairs in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats , suggested banning mass demonstrations altogether. A spike in new cases has caused concern in recent weeks, after the number of infections reported daily stayed below 500 earlier last month, but rose to over 900 on Saturday, the day of the march and rally.
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