Public barred from viewing Sydney’s NYE fireworks

Sydney, Dec 29 : The public have been barred from viewing the iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks from the harbour foreshore in Sydney due to the growing Covid-19 cluster in Australia’s biggest city.
On Tuesday, Sydney recorded three new locally acquired coronavirus cases, which increased the cluster in the city’s Northern Beaches region to 129, reports Xinhua news agency.
A shortened seven-minute firework display was planned to go ahead for the New Year eve.
However, members of the public were told that they would not be able to enter designated zones around the city centre and harbour’s edge unless granted an exemption by the government.
Venues within the zone will be able to hold planned functions, however a limit on attendance numbers was tightened to one person per four square metres.
“My strong message to everyone in Greater Sydney this year is to watch the fireworks on TV,” New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Tuesday.