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Protests hit Athens and Paris over new coronavirus restrictions, vaccine mandates

A woman holds an anti-vaccination placard in response to new coronavirus curbs in central Paris on July 14. The sign, written in French, reads: “The liquid of the dictatorship will never enter my body.” (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images)

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Erin Cunningham

and 

Isabelle Khurshudyan

 

July 15, 2021|Updated yesterday at 9:02 a.m. EDT

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Protests flared in France and Greece on Wednesday as residents angry over coronavirus curbs and vaccine mandates in both countries marched against new, stricter regulations that they say discriminate against people unwilling to be inoculated.

In Paris, demonstrators clashed with police after French President Emmanuel Macron announced sweeping measures to fight the pandemic earlier this week. He mandated vaccinations for all health-care workers and said new rules would require unvaccinated people to show negative coronavirus tests before entering bars, restaurants and other entertainment venues.

Also this week, Greek authorities said all medical workers would need to be immunized or face penalties, and only vaccinated individuals would be allowed to use public indoor spaces until Aug. 31, through the height of Greece’s tourism season. The policies prompted demonstrations in Athens, where thousands gathered outside parliament Wednesday under heavy police presence, Reuters reported.

Here are some significant developments:

• Regional authorities in Barcelona Thursday were waiting for a judge to greenlight their decision to impose a nightly curfew in northeastern Spain as the delta variant spreads. A Spanish court had ruled the previous day that strict rules confining residents to their homes last year in an effort to curb infections were unconstitutional.
• New coronavirus cases in Tokyo again hit a six-month high Thursday, with more than 1,300 infections reported in the Japanese capital during the past 24 hours, just eight days before the start of the Olympic Games.