A crowd of protesters have gathered outside the Austrian embassy in London to oppose the reintroduction of Covid restrictions in the country amid a surge in cases.
Alexander Schallenberg, the Chancellor of Germany, confirmed earlier this week that millions would be locked down starting Monday due to a disturbing trend in infection.
Photographs shared by social media revealed crowds of people gathering in front the Austrian Embassy in London.
Video footage shows police officers standing in front of the embassy as protestors shout.
The footage from social media shared by mages showed crowds of people gathering outside the Austrian Embassy in London.
The images showed people waving flags and holding banners. They shouted: “We stand together.”
Metropolitan Police refused to comment.
Similar protests have been held outside the Austrian embassy in France, with footage showing crowds shouting ‘Liberté’ (Freedom).
Europe is once more the epicenter of the pandemic. The World Health Organisation warned that Europe was now the most affected region by the epidemic. Covid-related deaths spiked by five percent in this week’s World Health Organisation.
The move in Austria has affected around two million unvaccinated people in the country, and prohibits them from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, grocery shopping – or getting vaccinated.
This does not apply for children younger than 12 as they are still too young to be vaccinated.
Florian Philippot, leader of French nationalist party Les Patriotes (The Patriots), and his followers demonstrate in front the Austrian Embassy in Paris on November 18, 2018.
As demonstrators march through The Hague, police officers keep watch in The Hague
After increasing pressure from the Austrian government for a complete lockdown, the country’s worst-hit regions said that they would implement the measure themselves in light of rising hospital deaths and increased cases.
Police officers in Nigeria have conducted routine checks this week to prevent people who don’t want to be jabbled from moving out of their houses. This move has been called ‘dissolving the society into two’.
Germany has followed Germany’s lead and unvaccinated persons are now being held in lockdown.
Ireland has also followed Austria’s example, forcing hospitality businesses including nightclubs and pubs to close by midnight.
Since the Lockdown Rules were restored, Riots began to take place in Vienna
Police officers in this country are conducting routine checks on people who have not been jabbered to prevent them from fleeing their home.
Around two million people are unvaccinated in Austria as a result of the move.
Europe is once more the epicenter of the pandemic. The World Health Organisation warned that Europe was now the most affected region by the epidemic. Covid-related deaths increased five percent in Europe this week.
The rules don’t yet go as far as those in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, where hundreds of Dutch protestors had a water cannon turned on them by police last week after they protested the partial return of lockdown, but Taoiseach Micheal Martin has refused to rule out going further.
Ireland is currently requiring vaccine passports for indoor hospitality venues, such as bars and restaurants. But they are expanding their requirements to theaters and cinemas.
Austria’s vaccination rate is among the lowest in Europe. It has only 65 percent of its total population who are fully vaccinated.
Recent weeks have seen a worrying increase in the number of infections.
The Covid winter-wave in Europe struck first in Europe’s east. There, vaccination rates are generally lower than elsewhere, and Russia and Latvia were the first to be locked down.