Covid LIVE updates as Canadian court gets involved in Covid protest

A Canadian court has granted an injunction targeted at the Covid protests in the city's capital.

The "Freedom Convoy" has become the focal point movement for anti-vaxxers across the country demonstrating against Canada's public health policy.

The injunction granted by the court aims to top people in Ottawa's city centre from honking horns for the peace of local residents late at night.

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It is part of a wider class-action lawsuit launched on behalf of Ottawa's residents who have been growingly disrupted by loud noises and late-night honking coming from the protests.

Allegedly, the protesters have been "incessantly" blasting air horns and trains horns in order to cause "serious discomfort and inconvenience" to local residents.

Police have increasingly been cracking down on the protest and made a handful of arrests on Monday as well as seizing thousands of litres of fuel.

Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly told reporters that "we are turning up the heat in every way we possibly can."

"We are asking for a major push of resources to come in the next 72 hours," he added.

Mr Sloly also stated that the number of protesters is dwindling, falling from 3,000 trucks and around 15,000 protesters to 1,000 trucks and 5,000 protesters.

A GoFundMe page that aimed to collect money for the protesters had been shut down by the police, which means "$10m are no longer accessible to demonstrators".

"There are other funding avenues that we continue to aggressively go after through intelligence information, coordination with financial institutions and all three levels of government," Mr Sloly added.

"We will be relentless in pursuing the funding that has enabled this demonstration to continue to this point."

Meanwhile, the protests have