Even the private New Year parties in some places are restricted.New Year's Eve celebrations in SydneyFireworks explode over the boats and Sydney Harbour Bridge during downsized New Year's Eve celebrations due to Covid-19 pandemic in Australia. But there weren't the scenes of revellers embracing as Aukland - Sydney's new year fireworks display was crowd-free.Spend New Year's eve safely at home: British PMMeanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to mark New Year's Eve today from the safety of their homes as Covid-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was expanded amid the new virus strain scare and a continuing spike in infection rates across the country."I must ask you to follow the rules where you live and see in the New Year safely at home. That means not meeting up with friends or family indoors unless they are in the same household or support bubble, and avoiding large gatherings of any kind," said Johnson."We are still in the tunnel of this pandemic, the light, however, is not merely visible; thanks to an extraordinary feat of British engineering, if you like, the tunnel has been shortened and we are moving faster through it, and that gives me great confidence about the future in the spring,? he added.#WATCH | Australia welcomes the New Year with fireworks show; visuals from Sydney
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