The European authorities announced a new dramatic and lightning-fast wave of COVID. How the situation with the incidence develops and how the authorities react

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of European cities over the weekend due to disagreement with new restrictions that EU countries are introducing due to another wave of the CORONAVIRUS pandemic. On the situation in Europe - in the material RBC Demonstration against measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna,

On November 20-21, numerous protests took place in major European cities in connection with the tightening of measures to combat the coronavirus, provoked by a new wave of the pandemic. Tens of thousands of people took part in them, in some places the rallies turned into riots and clashes with the police.

Austria - hard lockdown

From November 22, a strict 20-day general lockdown begins to operate in the country, including for those who have been vaccinated and recovered from the coronavirus. According to Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg, for these categories of Austrians, restrictive measures will be lifted no later than December 13, and the so-called 2G rule (geimpft und genesen - vaccinated and recovered. -) will come into force in the country, according to which they are allowed access to public places via QR - codes. At the same time, 10 days after the introduction of the lockdown, the Austrian government plans to sum up interim results, and if the measure demonstrates its effectiveness, its cancellation is not ruled out. In the meantime, Austrians can only leave the house for urgent purchases, for work and for outdoor sports. Most public places are closed.

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Austria became a country that was not only one of the first in Europe to announce the resumption of the lockdown (before it, only one EU country, Latvia, introduced a complete lockdown, where severe restrictive measures lasted four weeks and ended on November 15), but also introduced mandatory vaccination from February 1 2022. This provoked massive protests. On Saturday, according to law enforcement agencies, about 40 thousand people gathered in the center of Vienna (the opposition claims 100 thousand participants), ignoring the requirements for mandatory social distancing and wearing masks. 1,300 policemen kept order, the event went smoothly.