Police arrest protesters at US-Canada bridge

Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near a key USCanadian border bridge early Sunday trying to end one of the main protests that have broken out across Canada and the world against COVID19 vaccine mandates and other restrictionsWindsor police said arrests were being made and vehicles were being towed just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor Ontario mdash the busiest border crossing to the US Television images showed officers detaining protestersOnly two pickup trucks and less than a dozen protesters blocked the road to the bridge before police moved in Afterward police barricades remained and it was not immediately clear when the bridge might be openedPolice on Saturday had persuaded demonstrators to move their pickup trucks and others cars that they used at the entrance to the crossing that sees 2537 of all trade between the two countries though it remained closedProtests inspire othersThe protests at the bridge in Ottawa and elsewhere have reverberated outside the country with similarly inspired convoys in France New Zealand and the Netherlands and the US Department of Homeland Security warned that truck convoys may be in the works in the United StatesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far rejected calls to use the military but had said that ldquoall options are on the tablerdquo to end the protests that have affected the economy on both sides of the border Trudeau has called the protesters a ldquofringerdquo of Canadian society Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday that a joint command center had now been set up together with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police They said that would beef up enforcement capabilities that had been limited by ldquosafety concerns mdash arising from aggressive illegal behavior by many demonstrators mdash limited police enforcement capabilitiesrdquoPolice earlier issued a statement calling the protest an unlawful occupation and saying they were waiting for reinforcements before implementing a plan to end the demonstrations Singapore Health Minister says cases within expectationsSingaporersquos Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has said that 1500020000 infections per day is something within expectations in the citystate On Saturday Singapore reported 10505 new cases the fourth time this week that daily infections have exceeded the 10000 mark It had eight deaths linked to the virus ldquoOmicron is highly transmissible so reaching 1500020000 or more is something within our expectations So far itrsquos been that Itrsquos been staying around 10000 for some days which gives us some comfortrdquo Channel News Asia quoted Kung on Saturday2473605 No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours404910528 Total no of cases worldwide5783776 Total no of deaths worldwideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever