Thousands of protesters gathered in Canberra in front of the Australian Parliament to protest against mandatory vaccination in some states and other anti-Covid measures.

According to the Guardian, about 10 thousand people participated in the march. A hundred tried to overcome the blocks and clashed with the police. Three were arrested - among them a truck driver who did not stop at a checkpoint - two others were stopped.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he "understands the concerns of protesters" against the obligation to vaccinate, but asked them to "protest in a peaceful and respectful way".

"Australia is a free country and they have the right to demonstrate," he said, noting however that the vaccination requirement is not a central government decision. “The federal government has imposed the mandatory vaccine only for caregivers of the elderly and disabled and for health care workers in high-risk situations. All other obligations were imposed unilaterally by the individual states ”.

(Unioneonline / L)

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