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10 held, policeman injured, at anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne

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Ten people were arrested and a police officer was injured at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia today when demonstrators claimed coronavirus was a government-engineered conspiracy designed to control the population.

About 150 protesters rallied outside Victoria's Parliament House to protest against a shutdown aimed at stemming the spread of Covid-19, while also peddling conspiracy theories about the virus.

Most Australian states and territories have begun easing restrictions, but Victoria has delayed relaxing its measures amid an outbreak at a Melbourne slaughterhouse that caused a spike in new cases.

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