Covid-19 will stifle New Year celebrations around the world for the second year running on Friday, with governments in many countries hurriedly scaling back festivities in an effort to contain rampant contagion.
Global coronavirus infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, with almost one million cases detected on average each day worldwide between 23 and 29 December, some 100 000 up on the previous peak posted on Wednesday, according to Reuters data.
Indian authorities started to impose stringent rules on Thursday to prevent mass gatherings, with night curfews imposed in all major cities and restaurants ordered to limit customers. Last year, the state banned crowds from attending the fireworks, when case numbers were in the low 100s, compared with more than 12,000 new infections reported on Thursday.
Many people have taken the warnings to heart, leaving restaurants and hotels to count the cost of mass cancellations.
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