Coronavirus: anti-lockdown protests erupt across Europe in UK, Germany and Spain

By : South China Morning Post

Published On: 2020-05-18

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Amid increasing frustration over lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, multiple protests took place across Europe on May 16, 2020.  Thousands rallied in Germany against Covid-19 restrictions while 19 people were arrested in London’s Hyde Park after breaking social-distancing rules. Protesters in Spain banged pots and pans and called for the country’s prime minister to resign.

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