The scene is shocking! Within a day, protests broke out in many countries around the world, and people took to the streets to oppose the epidemic blockade.

[Global Network Report] France, the Netherlands and Australia … On August 21st, local time, protests against the COVID-19 epidemic restriction policy broke out in many countries around the world. In Australia, where the conflict is the most serious, more than 250 demonstrators have been arrested and six policemen have been injured in the protests.

Caption: A large number of Australians took to the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and other cities in Australia and clashed with the police.

According to "Russia Today" (RT), on August 21, local time, a large number of Australians took to the streets of Sydney, Melbourne and other cities in Australia to protest against the blockade measures and curfew orders adopted by the government to prevent the epidemic from rebounding. In some cities, demonstrators also clashed fiercely with the police. On that day, more than 250 demonstrators were arrested by the police and six policemen were hospitalized due to injuries.

French 24 TV reported that on August 21st, protests and demonstrations broke out in Paris, France, aiming at protesting the government vaccination policy and implementing the "health pass" initiative. The crowd held up protest banners and shouted, "Macron, we don’t want your pass!" It is reported that protests have been held several times in a row. According to the French Ministry of the Interior, the number of participants in 220 demonstrations nationwide is about 175,000, including 14,700 in Paris.

Caption: Protests and demonstrations broke out in France

Protests also broke out in the Netherlands, which is in Europe with France. According to the Associated Press, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Netherlands cancelled large-scale music festivals and other activities. On August 21, protests broke out in Amsterdam, and thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the government’s restrictions on music festivals. The live video shows that people are dancing behind trucks with stereos and shouting protest slogans. Due to the large number of people and failure to comply with epidemic prevention regulations, the Amsterdam city government called for an immediate stop to the demonstrations.

Caption: Protests broke out in Amsterdam

According to the real-time statistics of Worldometer, as of 6: 30 on August 22nd, Beijing time, there were 212,088,489 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed and 4,435,302 cases of death. There are 631,406 new confirmed cases and 9,181 new deaths worldwide in a single day.