Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in several countries to protest against the health measures taken to confront the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), and while Norway lifted the latest health restrictions, the latest figures indicate that more than 410 million cases of the epidemic have been recorded in the world.
Yesterday, Saturday, a section of the thousands of opponents of the vaccination certificate, who were heading in processions to Paris as part of the "Freedom Processions", managed to reach the Champs-Elysees, which prompted the police and gendarmerie forces to intervene quickly to disperse them.
French police have arrested 14 people participating in the "Freedom Parades", which reject the restrictions imposed due to the Corona pandemic.
The police added that they cleared the Champs Elysees square of the protesters, and returned traffic to normal.
The police had used tear gas to repel protesters who tried to block movement at a crossroads on the Champs Elysees.
On the other hand, the police stated that they had fined more than 300 people for participating in an unauthorized demonstration.
These "freedom processions" were formed along the lines of the mobilization that is currently paralyzing the Canadian federal capital, Ottawa, and it includes opponents of President Emmanuel Macron, rejecting vaccination certificates, and activists of the "yellow vest" movement.
Saturday's protests in Germany (Getty Images)
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In the Netherlands, opponents of health restrictions who came in processions from all over the country, evacuated yesterday, Saturday, the center of the city of The Hague, after paralyzing it for several hours, according to the police.
The local police stated that "the demonstrators who were blocking the city center of The Hague with trucks and other vehicles have now left the city," after a deadline given by the police to leave, threatening to arrest the participants and impose fines on them.
In Germany, thousands of citizens took to the streets in many cities to protest against the measures taken to confront the Corona pandemic.
Demonstrations were also organized to protest these demonstrations in opposition to Corona's measures in many places.
The police said that the protests and counter-demonstrations passed mostly peaceful, noting that there were several cases of people being detained, and two participants were detained.
Protests in Canada against Corona restrictions (Anatolia)
Measures and evacuation
In Canada, on Saturday morning, the Canadian police began evacuating a strategic border bridge with the United States of demonstrators opposing health measures to combat Covid-19, while thousands of protesters are waiting for the influx of protesters to Ottawa to participate in a large gathering.
In a related context, about 10,000 demonstrators marched - according to the police - yesterday, Saturday, in the Australian capital, Canberra, heading to Parliament to denounce the need to receive a vaccine against Covid-19.
The vaccine is not mandatory, but it is required to enter the country and to practice a range of occupations that increase the risk of infection, such as caring for the elderly.
In Iceland, the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrin Jakobsdottir, contracted Covid-19, after the infection was transmitted to her from a member of her family, according to what she wrote yesterday, Saturday, in a Facebook post.
In Norway, the authorities lifted the last health restrictions by canceling the instructions for social separation and the necessity of placing masks in crowded places, despite the outbreak of infections with the “Omicron” mutant.
China decided to use the drug Pfizer for patients who are severely infected with the virus (Reuters)
Vaccine and numbers
In the context of vaccinations, the Chinese Medicines Agency "conditionally" allowed the use of the drug "Pfizer" to treat Covid-19, while foreign vaccines are still waiting for the green light in this country.
As in other countries, the use of this drug will be limited to patients who may develop severe infection from Covid-19.
In the Arab world, the Egyptian Ministry of Health recorded 2,145 new infections with the Corona virus and 59 deaths yesterday, Saturday, compared to 2,179 infections and 61 deaths the previous day.
And in Tunisia, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced that 3,080 people were infected with the new Corona virus, and 21 cases died during the past 24 hours.
The latest figures indicate that the number of injuries in the world reached 410,766,652 cases, while the number of deaths reached 5,829,128 deaths.
The United States leads with 79 million and 293 thousand and 924 cases, followed by India with 42 million and 631 thousand and 421 injuries, and Brazil with 27 million and 425 thousand and 743 injuries, according to the “Worldometer” website, which specializes in monitoring all statistics related to the epidemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic has officially claimed more than 5,799,910 people in the world since the end of December 2019, according to an AFP tally.
The World Health Organization estimates that the total number of deaths may be 2-3 times higher, taking into account the increased number of deaths due to Covid-19 directly and indirectly.