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Protesters took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday, to protest against government measures introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The protest was called by the 'Querdenken' movement. Protesters called for the Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz to resign holding banners reading, "Kurz must go" and "Austria was free," implying that its freedom status had changed.

Jennifer Klauninger, one of the organisers of the protest said, "We are here today, against all these measures that take our lives, our freedom, our careers, the basis of existence, and now we just want to say no, now it's over, now we're going to end the lockdown."

SOT, Max Fraisl, Protester (German): "If the government is not replaced, there will be a civil war, because I believe that the Austrian people have had enough and will not give up if you trample on them."

Groups of Antifa protesters held a counter-demonstration.

Since December 26, Austria has been under its third strict coronavirus…