Major cities worldwide cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations due to Omicron

While New Yorkers are going ahead with their iconic New Year’s celebration, authorities in many other major cities around the world have canceled celebrations due to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Rome, London, Edinburgh, Athens and New Delhi are among the cities where New Year’s celebrations have been canceled or large gatherings prohibited, according to media reports.

In Germany, which is in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a “massive fifth wave” with omicron infections is feared while the hospitals are already overloaded, according to DW. New Year Eve’s private fireworks have also been banned due to possible injuries caused by such fireworks… (Excerpts from Christian Post)