New Yearâs revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020 By ROD McGUIRK and FRANK JORDANS | December 31, 2020 at 6:04 AM EST - Updated January 1 at 7:16 AM
(AP) â This New Yearâs Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year theyâd prefer to forget.
From the South Pacific to New York City, pandemic restrictions on open air gatherings saw people turning to made-for-TV fireworks displays or packing it in early since they could not toast the end of 2020 in the presence of friends or carousing strangers.
As midnight rolled from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas, the New Yearâs experience mirrored national responses to the virus itself. Some countries and cities canceled or scaled back their festivities, while others without active outbreaks carried on like any other year.
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New Year’s revelries muted by COVID as curtain draws on 2020
The experience mirrors national responses to the virus itself.
By FRANK JORDANS and DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated Press
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Visitors to a mall in Beijing pass Happy New Year greetings shown on a giant screen Thursday. This New Year’s Eve was celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.
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This New Year’s is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.