Berlin: Thousands protest against coronavirus restrictions

Thousands of demonstrators protesting against German coronavirus restrictions converged on Saturday in Berlin. The demonstration, proclaiming “the end of the pandemic”, took place as authorities voice increasing concern about an upturn in new infections in Germany. A crowd of people, whistling and cheering and with few masks in sight, marched through downtown Berlin from the Brandenburg Gate ahead of a rally on a wide boulevard that runs through the city’s Tiergarten park. Protesters held up home-made pl