In Europe, the news of COVID-19 was on the streets this Saturday. In those of Paris, where drinking alcohol has been prohibited to avoid concentrations, or in those of Vienna and Stockholm, where there have been demonstrations against restrictions to control the pandemic. Meanwhile, in Germany, supermarkets are starting to sell rapid tests to detect the virus.
COVID test at the supermarket checkout
Buy a COVID-19 test at the supermarket checkout. From this Saturday it is possible in Aldi supermarkets in Germany. In some of them long lines formed and the supplies of the kit, which includes five rapid tests for 25 euros, quickly ran out. Other German chains will also start selling these tests shortly.
Paris bans drinking alcohol on the street
In Paris, the consumption of alcohol has been banned in more than a dozen squares and popular places, such as the banks of the Seine River, to avoid repeating the images of last weekend of crowds gathered to enjoy the good weather having a drink .
Italy: 60 cases in a school and a nursery
In Italy, vast areas of the south are stained red, the color of reconfinement.
In the Milanese suburb of Bollate, the virus has caused stands at a school and a nursery. In a matter of days, 45 children and 14 adults they tested positive. Genetic analysis confirmed that it was the British variant.
Demonstration in Vienna against restrictions with thousands of participants
In Vienna, the Austrian capital, thousands of people participated this Saturday in a prohibited demonstration against the restrictions.
The concentration was encouraged by the extreme right. The attendees, who arrived on trains and buses from other parts of Austria, chanted slogans against Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz and questioning the existence of the coronavirus.
The ultra-nationalist FPO party took advantage of the rally to hold a rally in which former Interior Minister Herbert Kickl accused the government of “dancing on the brink of madness.”
Dispersed protest by police in Stockholm
Also in Sweden there was a protest against government measures. The police intervened to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered without masks or distancing measures in a central Stockholm square, violating the rule that prevents public gatherings to prevent the transmission of the virus.
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