‘Crowds during pandemic worry me’ – German health minister

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has urged peaceful anti-racism protesters taking to the streets across the country this weekend to “keep your distance, wear a mask, and take care of each other”.

“The fight against racism needs our common commitment,” he wrote in a post on Twitter.

“But crowds of people in the middle of the pandemic worry me.”

While the demonstrations in support of Black Lives Matter in Germany were largely peaceful throughout the day on Saturday, riots later broke out in Berlin and Hamburg.

There are more than 185,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, with 8,685 recorded deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.