The protests of the anti-vaccine movements led this weekend to riots in some parts of Germany, while the accumulated incidence continues to rise and the wait for the peak in the wave of infections linked to the omicron variant to be reached in a few weeks.
In Leipzig, the police had to be used thoroughly after a group of about fifty people broke into the campus of the university clinic in that eastern German city late on Saturday.
The riots broke out at the end of a march of several hundred people against the pandemic restrictions and against the German government’s plans to introduce compulsory vaccination .
The demonstration passed without incident, although the established hygiene and distancing measures were not always respected.
Late in the afternoon, a group of about fifty demonstrators broke up and, after breaking the police cordon, burst into the campus of the university clinic, although they were repelled shortly after by the security forces.
Other protest demonstrations with several hundred people and an estimated total of 4,500 participants were recorded in various parts of Germany, according to public television ARD .
The largest concentration was in Zwönitz, a city in the “Land” of Saxony, like Leipzig, where, according to police sources, some 1,200 people marched . Some incidents were also recorded there, although of less relevance.
New incidence maximum
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of virology reported this Sunday a new maximum of accumulated incidence, with 1,156.8 cases in seven days and per 100,000 inhabitants, which adds another consecutive record, after yesterday’s mark of 1,127.7. A week ago, the cumulative incidence was 806.8 cases.
The highest levels continue to be registered in Berlin and Hamburg, with 1,848.1 and 1,891 cases per seven days and 100,000 inhabitants, respectively.
The number of verified infections in the last 24 hours was 118,970, compared to 85,440 a week ago.
The Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach , warned last Friday that the peak of infections may occur in a few weeks, in which it is estimated that up to 400,000 can be registered in 24 hours.