Thousands protest in Vienna over lockdown rules

Описание: (16 Jan 2021) Around 6,000 people gathered in Vienna on Saturday to protest against government coronavirus measures.
The protesters' motives ranged from economic reasons to conspiracy theories.
Marco Maier, an 18-year-old student-body representative said his peers couldn't take the strain of long distance learning anymore and "just want to go back to school".
Stephanie, a tourism worker, came all the way from Salzburg with her husband to protest the economic fallout of the lockdown.
"We can hardly watch anymore how everything is going down the drain," she said.
Others handed out fliers warning against mandatory vaccinations and accused the government of installing a dictatorship.
Police said they had expected up to 30,000 participants but many protest marches were cancelled on short notice.
By late afternoon police reported that the protest on Vienna's Heldenplatz square had started to dissolve.
The government is considering extending the current lockdown beyond it's scheduled end date of January 24.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is expected to announce the details on Sunday.
Austria has had over 390,000 cases of infection and just under 7,000 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

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