’I want my freedom back’: thousands in Austria protest against Covid lockdown

Thousands of people gathered in central Vienna to protest against new tough pandemic measures in Austria. Whistling, clapping, blowing horns and banging drums, protesters – many of them far-right supporters – streamed into Heroes’ Square on Saturday. With daily infections still setting records, the government said it would put the countryt back in lockdown from Monday and make it compulsory to get vaccinated from 1 February Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Thousands protest in Vienna against Austria’s Covid restrictions ►