In Melbourne on Saturday, several thousand people rallied against new vaccination mandates, some comparing the state government to the Nazis and calling for violence against politicians.
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In Australia, where 83% of people over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, nationwide vaccinations are voluntary. But states and territories order people of many professions to be vaccinated and prohibit unvaccinated people from engaging in activities such as restaurants and concerts.
A demonstration in Melbourne against the vaccination mandate, which took effect on Saturday and requires builders in Victoria to be fully vaccinated, was peaceful, writes The Age newspaper.
Demonstrators carried a fictitious three-loop gallows with images of Victoria’s Prime Minister Daniel Andrews with Hitler’s mustache and the hashtag #DictatorDan.
The Age noted that some protesters called for violence against politicians.
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Frequent, sometimes violent, anti-vaccine rallies have taken place in Australia over the past few months, although the movement remains small and polls show that the majority of the population is in favor of vaccination.
Victoria, the country’s second-largest state with a population of 25 million, has a vaccination rate of 87%, and has survived six quarantines through COVID-19 for a total of almost nine months.
The high level of vaccination in Australia was key to its decision to partially open international borders this month, for the first time during a pandemic.
New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, said it would host a group of vaccinated international students on December 6. The Victoria government also aims to return some international students by the end of the year.
1,221 cases of COVID-19, four deaths and 250 cases per day in New South Wales were reported in Victoria on Saturday.
In total, Australia has slightly less than 190,000 cases of coronavirus infection and 1,591 deaths, which is much lower than in many developed countries.
Neighboring New Zealand, which is also learning to live with the coronavirus due to high vaccination rates, has reported 175 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 8,121. A total of 33 people have died.
Source: Ukrgate
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