Thousands protest COVID-19 restrictions in Czech capital

The protesters included members and supporters of a number of fringe political parties and groups that failed to win any parliamentary seats in October's election. It was their third protest in the last two weeks. The participants didn't wear face coverings or follow social distancing rules and drank beer despite a ban on drinking alcohol in public.

At Prague's Letna Park, the protesters chanted "Freedom!" and "We've had enough!" while displaying banners that discouraged getting vaccinated such as ones reading "My body my choice."The country has been setting repeated records in new daily infections, hitting a record high of almost 28,000 cases on Thursday. The infection rate was at 1,191 new cases per 100,000 residents over the past seven days. Overall, the nation of 10.7 million has registered over 2.

The Czech government declared a 30-day state of emergency and imposed additional coronavirus restrictions Friday in its effort to tackle the surge. Among them, all Christmas markets across the country were banned and bars, restaurants, nightclubs, discotheques and casinos have to close at 10 p.m. The number of people at cultural and sports events in the Czech Republic is now limited to 1,000 who are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 while all other public gatherings can be attended by only up to 100 visitors, down from 1,000.

Protest the ideas that can help to stop spreading disease Oooook!

Maybe we should be banning flights from eastern Europe instead?

If only they get vaccinated, then this will all end and we go back to normal.

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