Vaccination opponents demonstrated once more in several cities on Saturday for their cause. As on Friday, the police cracked down.
Not only in the Federal capital Vienna Corona measures opponents marched on Saturday. According to the police, “several thousand people” also marched through the streets in the Styrian state capital to demonstrate once morest the current corona measures, in particular compulsory vaccination.
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The participants of the meeting expressed their opinion under the motto “Together for dignity, truth and humanity. Health without compulsory vaccination must be the goal”. They arrived at Graz main station around 1:00 p.m. and moved from there at around 1:30 p.m. via Annenstrasse, Vorbeckgasse, Belgiergasse, over Tegetthoffbrücke, over Marburger Kai to Joanneumring and from there on to Burggasse , the Hofgasse, the Freiheitsplatz to the Karmeliterplatz. Closing rallies took place there until 6:30 p.m.
Numerous FFP2 violations
The march and the gathering in general were peaceful from a police point of view. The majority complied with the request to comply with the FFP2 mask requirement. A total of over 120 administrative notifications related to Covid-19 were made. Fourteen other administrative notifications without Covid reference were added. There were also several short-term arrests and almost 80 identity checks during the event.