Covid-19: Police break up restrictions protest in Stockholm

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Swedish police on Saturday started to disperse hundreds of opponents of coronavirus restrictions who staged a protest in the capital Stockholm in defiance of a ban on large gatherings

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Television images showed hundreds of people had gathered. According to the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, demonstrators had travelled from several parts ofSweden, which has 10 million inhabitants, registered 4,831 new coronavirus cases on Friday, and 26 new deaths, taking the death toll to 13,003.

The government said last month that it would cut opening hours for restaurants, bars and cafes and tighten limits on the number of people allowed in shops, in a bid to ward off a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The centre-left government has gradually tightened restrictions since late last year after keeping most schools, restaurants and businesses open, relying primarily on voluntary measures. – Reuters

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I don’t think that there is any other nation in the world that would simply accept as severe and prolonged lockdown like we have in Ireland.

puts in perspective the pearl-clutching over our mild protests of the longest and most draconian lockdown in europe

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