World prepares for muted New Year's Eve under Covid shadow

Britons urged to stay home; France puts 100,000 police out on patrol; Merkel laments hardest year; Times Square closed to publicSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people around the world are preparing for a New Year ’s Eve like no other – with lockdowns, restrictions and curfews in place in dozens of countries in an attempt to stem the spread of Covid-19 before vaccination drives start to take effect.New Year ’s Eve marks one year since the World Health Organization first mentioned a mysterious pneumonia inChina later identified as Covid-19, which went on in 2020 to kill more than 1.79 million people and devastate the global economy in unprecedented ways.Continue reading...
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