当地时间24日下午，近万人走上英国伦敦街头，参加了反防疫封锁的大游行。
尽管现场人员密集，但示威者大多没戴口罩。人群还高呼着“要自由”、“摘下口罩”，并高举写着如“新冠是骗局，政府在撒谎”、 “你不需要证据也能知道真相”、“99.97%的人都没有死”、“停止疫苗大屠杀”等标语的横幅……
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Thousands of people joined in an anti-lockdown protest in London last Saturday, opposing measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. An estimated 10,000 people marched through the city, mostly without mask, chanting "freedom" and "take off your mask."
They also carried banners displaying messages such as “Covid is a hoax. Your government is lying to you”, “You don’t need proof to know truth” , “99.97% are not dying” and “Stop the vaccine holocaust.”
在英国天空新闻网（Sky News）的采访中，还有示威者声称疫情封锁把人们关在了“监狱”中：
“我们被关在这个‘监狱里’。人们甚至都没意识到我们被关在了‘监狱’里。（We're in a prison here. People don't even realize we're in a prison.）”
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为了驱散这次非法集会，警察和示威者在海德公园发生了冲突，有示威者朝警方投掷瓶子。八名警员遇袭受伤，5名示威者被捕。
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Violence broke out when some activists started to throw bottles at the police trying to disperse the crowd in the evening. Eight police officers were reportedly injured. Five people were arrested for offences that included assault on police officers.
示威者如此漠视疫情的行为，在社交媒体遭到许多网友斥责，有网友质问：“他们是没看到巴西、印度甚至美国的新闻吗？”
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一名英国重症监护医生发推写道：“看到这样的场景我就想哭，这相当于是对我们医护工作者的痛击。”
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随后她又发了一条推特，配上了近日印度新冠疫情的照片和新增病例曲线图：“在印度，人们在街上死去；而在伦敦，人们还在街上抗议封锁。真应该在大屏幕上把这些悲惨的照片放出来，让那些抗议者们看看。我的心已经碎了。”
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有网友表示心疼医护工作者，他们一直以来的努力都白费了，“经过医护人员过去整整一年的努力，这些傻瓜竟然还在有变异病毒出现的时候在伦敦游行，完全不关心更多人的安危，这简直让我反胃。感谢医护工作者。”
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也有网友批评示威者自私和愚蠢，因为其实马上就要解封了……
“自私自利！我猜这些人里没有一个曾因新冠差点失去或已经失去亲朋好友。而且如果我们因为这次游行再次封锁，他们又会是第一个抱怨的。其实离解封只差几个星期了，你们这帮自私的家伙！”
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据路透社报道，此次抗议示威正值英格兰地区逐渐放松疫情封锁之际。据BBC报道，按照英国政府2月份公布的解除封锁计划，如果情况允许，英格兰计划在6月底解除所有社交限制，包括夜店等公共场所将重新开放。
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England has relaxed its lockdown restrictions in recent weeks, Reuters reported.
According to the four-step plan released by the UK government in February, all legal limits on social contact will potentially be lifted by 21 June, with the final closed sectors of the economy — nightclubs, for example — being reopened.
