Greater Glasgow Police said the situation is "contained at this time and there is no danger to the general public.''

Anti-racism demonstrators are holding a fourth weekend of protests across the U.K., despite a ban on large gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The car that usually carries British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road, two Reuters witnesses said.

He said progress in tackling racism and improving opportunities, such as significantly more Black and ethnic minority students going to university, had been "slightly lost."

Britain has an official death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases of over 40,000, rising to over 50,000 cases when deaths from suspected cases are included.

The country's death total is now 40,261, the world’s second-highest pandemic death toll behind the United States.

Many Britons saw the trip as a clear breach of the government's national "stay at home" order.

Calls were made to sack Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he traveled 400 km to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms.

"Don’t take public transport, go to work, don’t go to work, stay indoors," joked the British comedian in his best impersonation of the U.K. Prime Minister during a COVID-19 lockdown update.

Johnson, due to make a televised address at 1800 GMT, is expected to announce a limited easing of restrictions, such as encouraging those who cannot work from home to return to their offices and factories.