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Chile will celebrate today the first time in its history the arrival of New Years in pandemic, which implies strong restrictions on festivities.
Of departure, The curfew will begin at 2 a.m., except in ten quarantined communes, where the start will be maintained at 10 p.m. today. It will end at 7 am tomorrow.
In addition, gauges Maximum allowed for family reunions are the following, according to the phase in which each commune is:
- Quarantine: residents only.
- Transition (Step 2): 15 people maximum (includes residents).
- Preparation (Step 3): 20 people (includes residents).
- Initial opening (Step 4): 30 people (includes residents).
Likewise, Mass events are prohibited from 8:00 p.m. today until 5:00 a.m. next Saturday, January 2.
In the case of a commune in Transition Step 2, tomorrow, Friday, January 1, permission from the Virtual Police Station is not required to attend family meetings, but they must only be within the same region.
The communes in quarantine throughout Chile are Curicó, in the Maule Region; Hualqui, Cañete, Curanilahue, Arauco and Los Ángeles, in the Biobío Region; Lautaro and Angol, in La Araucanía, and Puerto Natales and Puerto Williams, in the Magallanes Region.
FIREWORKS
Without a doubt, the most traditional activity that was suspended and that will be sadly missed is the New Year’s party at sea and the fireworks festival in the bay of Valparaíso. There will only be sirens and whistles from the Navy ships, merchant ships and Firefighters. In addition, a naval trumpet will sound silence from the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique.
In the Metropolitan Region, to receive 2021, the Entel Tower will illuminate the skies of Santiago with a multicolored beam of light from 00:00 o’clock until 4:00 am.
In addition, this December 31, the buses of the capital’s Red system will operate with dispatches until 10:30 p.m. and in structuring axes dispatches will be made between 00:00 and 00:30. In the case of Metro and Metrotren Nos, both will run until 23:00.