(UTV | COLOMBO) – Police reinforcements have been sent to maintain a coronavirus quarantine on a tower block in the German city of Goettingen after violence on Saturday.
Seven-hundred people were placed in quarantine, but 200 trying to get out clashed with police.
Residents attacked police with fireworks, bottles and metal bars, officials said.
The quarantine was introduced on Thursday after two residents tested positive.
By Friday, 120 were found to be infected. The majority of residents have been complying with the quarantine.
Anyone testing negative is being required to have a further test. If that is negative, they will be allowed to leave the block, but under certain conditions, such as wearing a mask.
Local officials cited communication problems, with many of the residents not understanding the need for a second test.
Translators have been used and information in German and Romanian is now being texted to those who need it, German media report.
Several police officers were injured as people tried to break through a security cordon.