Berlin-Sana
Several German cities witnessed demonstrations in which tens of thousands participated, during which violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police used pepper spray and batons to disperse the demonstrators who came out in protest against the restrictions imposed by the government to confront the outbreak of Corona.
And the Associated Press reported that "thousands of demonstrators gathered in several regions of the country at a time when the authorities deployed security forces to confront the protesters. The demonstrations included violent clashes between the protesters and the security forces that clashed with them using pepper spray and batons in the city of Pontes and the eastern province of Saxony, while an officer was injured." wounded during the clashes.
In Magdeburg, protesters threw bottles and fireworks at the police.
The protests took place ahead of today's meeting of the Epidemic Experts Committee, which is expected to present new recommendations to the government on containing the pandemic.
In turn, the Minister of Health said that the real rate of infections may be two or three times higher due to incomplete tests and reports during the holiday period, as the country recorded 30,561 infections and 356 deaths from the Corona virus, according to the latest data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases issued today.
