Thousands have protested Germany's coronavirus restrictions in a Berlin demonstration marking what organisers called “the end of the pandemic”. With few masks in sight, a dense crowd moved through downtown Berlin from the Brandenburg Gate. Markus Schreiber/AP Several rallies were held across the German capital during the day, drawing tens of thousands. Police declared that event over as organisers again failed to get demonstrators to wear masks or keep their distance. “Thousands of #covidiots are celebrating themselves in Berlin as ‘the second wave,’ without distancing, without masks," tweeted Saskia Esken, a co-leader of the Social Democrats, the junior party in Germany's governing coalition.

Source: Stuff August 01, 2020 18:45 UTC