The crowd tried to break into the headquarters of the British Medicines Office in London – SME.sk

LONDON. In the British capital London, police clashed on Friday with protesters who do not agree with vaccination against coronavirus.

They tried to break into the seat of the British Regulatory Authority for Medicines and Medical Products (MHRA). Four police officers were injured, the AFP agency reported.

Videos of the protests show how protesters are trying to break through police cordons in front of the MHRA building – the institution that was the first in the world to approve the use last December. vaccines against coronavirus.

Opponents of the vaccine tried to get into the building a few days after they broke into the headquarters of the British television and production company Independent Television News (ITN) during a previous protest.

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Dozens of drapeless protesters chanted that they had come to “protect future generations.” Later, during the protests, they began to move towards the city center, where they gathered in front of the science museum building. Clashes with police officers were to take place at this point.

“Several demonstrators behaved violently. Four of our police officers were injured during the clashes,” the Metropolitan Police said, adding that such behavior was unacceptable.

Despite the protests, the British continue a successful vaccination campaign. More than three quarters of the adult population in the United Kingdom is already fully vaccinated.

However, the British Vaccination and Immunization Committee (JCVI) announced on Friday that it would not recommend vaccinating healthy 12- to 15-year-old children against coronavirus. According to the committee, the benefits would be “too small”.

In this age group, he only took the vaccine for people with health problems. In early August, the JCVI Committee recommended vaccination for the 16- and 17-year-olds.