As taiwan begins its celebrations. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Lets stick with those fireworks in taiwan to celebrate the new year. Very welcome in the new year and of course gcioss very welcome in the new year and of course across the world, weve seen some of these scenes, new zealand and australia for example, but invasion, the fireworks display, we normally see a bear, its been cancelled. Hong kong, as well, but this time of the day, but taiwan, the Great Success story of coping with this covid pandemic, a light show going ahead. They have had a sense pandemic began, only 799 cases and seven deaths, their plans and quarantine, contact tracing, on the wide availability and acceptance of masks all kicking in and all successfully coping with coronavirus, hence their ability and their desire to actually have this fireworks display and light show to welcome in 2021, so theres a nice pictures coming us from taiwan. The United Kingdom will complete it
With a mass street party but across the world celebrations are being scaled down due to the pandemic. Well find out how Different Countries hello and welcome to bbc news. Lets stick with those fireworks in thailand to celebrate the new year. The bells are ringing out for all those lost in the pandemic. Due to the coronavirus. And of course sweden, such a fascinating history as they took a very different approach to most European Countries initially in terms of the levels of restrictions and then a couple of months ago, very rapidly altering course as they saw their cases and their death toll spiralling. So the bells ringing out there in stockholm to mark the number who have passed during 2020 and the covid virus pandemic. And i just want to show you some picture that came to us in the last hour this is wuhan. The capital of Hubei Province in china where theyre celebrating new year it comes exactly one year after the city reported an unknown pneumonia outbreak to the world health organi
This is the scene live in pyongyang as north korea begins its new year celebrations. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Lets stick with those fireworks to celebrate the new year. This is a live broadcast injapan, showing their celebrations for new year. Those are coming into us live from a secret location in tokyo. We are not entirely sure where it is. The japanese authorities are not releasing the location of the displays to stop crowds from gathering. Japanese people are sharing in a new year, 2021. 2020 was supposed to be an olympic year foiljapan, year, 2021. 2020 was supposed to be an olympic yearfoiljapan, with year, 2021. 2020 was supposed to be an olympic year foiljapan, with the tokyo 0lympics. That has been postponed and will hopefully go ahead in the summer. I am not sure why there is a picture of a cow, but maybe it is giving birth . No. We we re maybe it is giving birth . No. We were inspecting fireworks and dragons, but we are bringing you
The government says theres no reason schools in england will not be ready to roll out mass testing of pupils for coronavirus. It follows criticism by unions of another delay in returning secondary School Children to classes. Making sure that we do everything we can do to root out this virus, making sure that schools are safe, pupils are safe, staff are safe, but also communities are safe as well. Well be assessing the growing pressure on hospitals. Also on the programme. People are being urged to stay at home this New Years Eve, with most of england now in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. A bill to implement the brexit deal has passed through parliament and takes effect at 11pm tonight, when the uk will stop following eu rules. And the former leeds rhino player rob burrow is among those to receive a new years honour. Good afternoon. The education secretary has insisted theres absolutely no reason schools in england will not be ready to roll out mass testing of pupils for c
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