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Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks to go ahead despite the northern beaches coronavirus outbreak
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has guaranteed fireworks will ring in the new year for Sydneysiders next Thursday, despite calls from health experts for the event to be cancelled.
Key points:
- Ms Berejiklian says people should watch the fireworks at home
- The Australian Medical Association’s NSW branch says people should keep their gatherings small
- Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has previously said the event should be cancelled if authorities can’t guarantee it would be safe
Residents have been urged to watch from home but the Premier confirmed there was no chance the display would be called off.
“The actual display itself, the seven minutes of fireworks at midnight, will be happening no matter what,” Ms Berejiklian said.
“But I’ll certainly be…
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