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Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Germany despite restrictions on coronavirus prevention and control.
More than 68,000 people took part in a demonstration organized by the two groups in the German capital, Berlin, saying the government had imposed unreasonable restrictions in the name of corona prevention.
Protesters have demanded that the government's sanctions be lifted. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. There have been clashes in the process.
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. According to the German newspaper Deutsche Welle, some police officers were injured in the clashes.
Initially, coronavirus restrictions were loosened, but tightened soon after the infection began to spread, people in Germany took to the streets again.
Germany, the sixth most affected country in Europe by the coronavirus, has 242,824 infected people as of Sunday. So far, 9,363 people have died there.
