Thousands of protesters against German coronavirus restrictions have converged in Berlin for a demonstration proclaiming the end of the pandemic has arrived just as authorities voice increasing concern about an upturn in new infections, AP reported.

A crowd of people whistling and cheering, and with few masks in sight, marched through downtown Berlin from the Brandenburg Gate ahead of a rally on a wide boulevard that runs through the city's Tiergarten park.

Protesters held up home-made placards featuring slogans that included 'Corona, false alarm', 'We are being forced to wear a muzzle', 'Natural defence instead of vaccination' and 'End the corona panic bring fudamental rights back'.

"We're here and we're loud, because we are being robbed of our freedom," they chanted.