Tens of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest reinforced Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases. The marchers came to protest the government’s strong advice to get vaccinated and any possible moves to impose mandatory shots. The autumn surge of infections is overwhelming hospitals in many Central and Eastern European nations, including Ukraine, Russia, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Also read: Austria begins national lockdown to fight surging infectionsOver the past several days, there have been many anti-vaccination marches in European nations as one government after another tightened measures. Austria is going into a 10-day national lockdown on Monday for everyone after first imposing a lockdown on the unvaccinated.

Source: The Hindu November 22, 2021 07:34 UTC