Austria ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country on Sunday, which saw the reopening of theatres, museums and other cultural and entertainment venues.
Police said around 44,000 people attended the demonstration, the latest of weekend protests since Austria last month became the first EU country to say it would make Covid vaccinations mandatory.
Austria will let a wide range of businesses, from non-essential shops to theatres, restaurants and hairdressers reopen when its COVID-19 lockdown ends on Sunday, the government said on Wednesday, but many regions will open up more cautiously.
BERLIN (AP) Austria embarked on an ambitious drive Thursday to inoculate residents of a district that has been particularly hard-hit by the virus variant first found in South Africa, a move that is part of a research project into vaccinations.