Watch hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters march along Sussex seafront

Organised by campaign group Save Our Rights UK which, according to its Twitter feed, has criticsed Covid-19 vaccinations, mass testing and lockdowns, the march is due to set off from the Angel of Peace statue in Brighton shortly.

This morning (December 12), Sussex Police warned protesters to adhere to social guidelines designed to curb the spread of the infection which has already killed 63,506 people in the UK. Yesterday, Public Health England announced a further 424 people had died after testing positive for Covid-19.

A vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech is being rolled out across the country, prioritising the most vulnerable first. It is not mandatory for people to be vaccinated.

After emerging from lockdown at the beginning of the month, Sussex was placed into Tier 2 social restrictions – the second highest alert level, defined as ‘high risk’.

For the week ending December 7, Brighton had a coronavirus infection rate of 65 per 100,000 people. That is less than half than the national average of 134.