Clashes in US and Europe as protesters denounce COVID measures 8 NOV 2021

Subscribe to our channel! Clashes broke out at anti-COVID measures protests in the US and in European cities over the weekend. In Boston, counter-protesters confronted members of the ’Super Happy Fun America’ right-wing group, who rallied against vaccine mandates. Police intervened and separated the two groups. Skirmishes also erupted in the Italian city of Trieste, as well as Germany’s Leipzig, as protesters denounced restrictions and vaccination policies. Workers in Italy, who do not have the Green Pass, need to provide a negative COVID test to enter their workplace. Around 8,000 people protested the measure, according to police. Protesters also gathered in Leipzig to denounce tightened restrictions, introduced by the government in face of rising infections. According to local media, 24 people were arrested, several right-wing extremists among them. Around 20,000 protesters marched in The Hague against the government’s recent introduction of fresh COVID-19 restrictions, according t