New Zealand, which is evaluated for success in controlling COVID-19, as usual
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Most countries in the pandemic of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) have calmly entered 2021. New Year’s Eve events in each country were not held or scaled down, and some countries mobilized police forces to block New Year’s Eve meetings. However, New Zealand, which is evaluated to have succeeded in controlling Corona 19, held a New Year’s Eve event as usual.
According to foreign media such as the Associated Press and the British BBC on the 1st (local time), the New Year’s fireworks display held at Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia and around it lasted only 7 minutes this year. Local media reported that few people watched the fireworks outdoors, encouraging them to watch the fireworks on TV and limiting who can enter the city center, such as those who have an appointment with a resident or have reserved a restaurant in advance . The Harbor Bridge fireworks display is one of the world’s most famous New Year’s celebrations with a million visitors.
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The New Year’s Countdown event at Times Square in New York City, USA, was held this year with access to the public being restricted. The New York Police installed iron fences at the entrances of 21 roads around Times Square and blocked the streets. At the event, only medical staff and their families who are at the forefront of responding to Corona 19 were invited as special guests.
Mutations with strong spreading power In London, UK, where quarantine regulations similar to those of the containment decree were enforced in Corona 19, fireworks were canceled, but just before the New Year. Along with fireworks, the National Health Service (NHS) logo and’BLM’ (Black Lives Matter. In front of London’s famous Big Ben clock tower, at 11 pm on the 31st, dozens of people gathered through the ban on meetings to celebrate’Brexit’. This is because the transition period was officially ended and the real Brexit took place.
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France has mobilized about 100,000 police officers to ensure that citizens follow a curfew at night after 8 p.m., and Paris has stopped running half the subway lines. In Germany, which is in force until the 10th, the government banned the sale of firecrackers and tightened the number of meetings in public places. Italy also banned traffic after 10 p.m. and banned the operation of most stores, including restaurants and bars, and Pope Francis did not hold New Year’s and New Year’s Masses this year due to leg pain.
However, in New Zealand, where there is currently no COVID-19 patient, thousands of people gathered in Auckland and Gisborne, the largest cities, to enjoy fireworks and events to celebrate the New Year. The New York Times (NYT) said, “New Zealand, which is considerably out of Corona 19, could have a New Year’s celebration like 2019.” In Wuhan, China, where Corona 19 was first reported, citizens poured into the streets and enjoyed the New Year’s Eve event. / Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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