Event organizers try out the New Year’s Eve dance before the official Times Square celebration on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo / Frank Franklin II)
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From New York’s Times Square to Sydney Harbor, large public explosions have turned into television shows and digital events, he reported. The Associated Press. Fireworks displays have been canceled from the Las Vegas Strip to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Even private parties in some places are restricted.
Germany has banned the sale of fireworks, which residents often launch on the streets, and a fireworks display at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate has been canceled. Similar is the case with the fireworks over the River Thames in London, where New Year’s Eve also marks Britain’s final economic division from the European Union. By tightening Covid-19 restrictions in parts of England due to the “sheer pace” of the spread of a new variant of the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday urged people to stay home on New Year’s Eve to contain the outbreak.
In India, Delhi has announced a nightly curfew on New Year’s Eve restricting more than five people to meet in a public place. According to the order, celebratory events, congregations and gatherings are not allowed in public places from 11 p.m. on December 31 to 6 a.m. on January 1, 2021. Bengaluru has also imposed Section 144 from 6 pm on December 31 to 6 am on January 1, 2021. In Maharashtra, while hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars will close at 11 pm and large gatherings are prohibited in public places, families can have parties in residential places as long as it is a small group and the rules of social distancing are maintained. In Ahmedabad, the restrictions will take effect between 10 pm Thursday and 6 am Friday. Police have banned hotels from holding night parties on New Year’s Eve on Thursday.
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Days before the ball fell in Times Square, it was clearly not the New Year as usual at Crossroads of the World. There was room to meander on sidewalks that would normally be nearly impassable. Vendor carts and distressed gift shop windows in the area held some 2021-themed memorabilia as workers set the stage for a celebration set to unfold this year without the usual crowds of clapping and kissing revelers. . The police will block the area so that spectators cannot see it.
The Netherlands moved the national countdown from an Amsterdam park to a football stadium, where spectators will not be allowed in and pyrotechnics will be replaced by “electric fireworks,” reported AP. In Rome, the fireworks will continue to rise, but the usual concerts in public squares have been canceled in favor of live performances and art installations. Pope Francis will skip his typical December 31 visit to the Vatican’s life-size nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square and has planned to deliver his New Year’s blessing inside, to avoid crowds gathering. Rio de Janeiro also eliminated fireworks, open-air concerts, and rooftop parties this year.
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