Authorities have banned revellers from congregating in Sydney’s downtown harbourside to see the city’s celebrated New Year’s Eve fireworks due to the pandemic risk.
New South Wales state premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday people who live in the city centre could invite up to 10 guests to their homes to celebrate. The guests will have to apply for permits to enter the area.
Australia’s largest city recorded five new cases of Covid-19 connected to a cluster in its northern beaches region, bringing the total to 126 infections since December 10.
Around a million people usually congregate on the harbour foreshore to see the annual fireworks that centre on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.