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New Year’s Eve celebrations across the world have been modified – or canceled – as the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to run rampant.
Officials in the U.K. have warned partygoers in Scotland and Wales to avoid traveling to England to ring in 2022 – though no formal travel ban is in place.
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One in 15 people in London had COVID-19 in the week before Christmas, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on residents to take a rapid coronavirus test before going out and meeting with others or to celebrate outdoors.
Metro reported Friday that some fireworks will go on in London after the annual public display was canceled and that people will be able to watch them on TV only.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, which traditionally hosts one of Europe’s largest New Year’s Eve parties, residents have been urged to stay at home.
Comparatively, Australia went ahead with its festivities, sending thousands of fireworks over Sydney’s Harbor Bridge and Opera House – even as health authorities there reported a record 32,000 new virus cases, with many in the New South Wales city.
A visitor wearing a face mask pose for a photo in front of illuminated decorations on New Year’s Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Neighboring New Zealand opted to replace its Auckland fireworks show with a lights display projected onto landmarks in an effort to discourage crowds from gathering.
In Japan, mask-clad visitors filled temples and shrines.
In Seoul, South Korea, the annual New Year’s Eve bell-ringing ceremony was canceled due to a surge in cases, but a prerecorded video would be broadcast online and on television.
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