Protests against COVID-19 measures, counter-protests held across Germany

Several thousand people gathered in numerous German cities on Saturday to protest against restrictive measures to fight COVID-19, prompting counter-protestors who voiced their disapproval of conspiracy theories, the German Press Agency (DPA) reported.

In Berlin, accompanied by police officers, people gathered in various locations to protest against hygiene regulations adopted to fight the COVID-19 on Saturday afternoon.

At a demonstration in Munich against the COVID-19 policy, the approved number of 1,000 participants for demonstrations was reached shortly before the start of the event. The city had allowed a maximum of 1,000 people, under the condition of observing the minimum distance of 1.5 meters and a time limit of two hours, according to DPA.

Also in Stuttgart, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, people have demonstrated in several places against what they considered to be excessive measures.

In several cities such as Frankfurt and Hamburg, however, hundreds of counter-demonstrators had also gathered, protesting against conspiracy theories. Counter-demonstrators in Hamburg carried banners such as "conspiracy theories endanger your health" and "stop right-wing agitation," according to DPA.