A country celebrates New Years Eve celebrations as usual

Today, Thursday, New Zealand is witnessing a series of large music festivals and fireworks displays to celebrate the New Year, unlike many countries facing severe restrictions due to the Corona virus pandemic.

With no Corona cases in the New Zealand community, events go as planned, with no crowd limits or other health restrictions.

There will be a parade of lights over the landmarks of Auckland, the country’s largest city, before the five-minute fireworks display at midnight.

One of the biggest New Year’s Eve events, a music festival, took place near Gisborne and lasted for three days.

The 20,000 celebrators were shocked when Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, Chief Health Officer, who had been monitoring the situation daily in front of the nation during the COVID-19 shutdown, the country had seen, appeared on the big screen with excerpts of messages. of security.

In October, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the lifting of restrictions that were imposed in Auckland to face a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that her country had overcome the virus “again”.

According to the website World Meter, which monitors developments in the Corona pandemic, the total number of corona cases in New Zealand is 2,162, while the total deaths are just 25 cases.