Only eight of the 17 autonomous communities will celebrate the second New Year’s Eve without restrictions since the start of the pandemic.
The limitations and restrictions due to the rapid advance of the sixth wave of coronavirus infections will mark the celebrations of New Year’s Eve in Spain, with major events canceled, although the traditional welcome to the new year at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
The central Madrid square will have a capacity reduced to 60%, and 7,000 people will be able to enjoy the twelve chimes of the clock at the Royal Post Office, headquarters of the Madrid regional government, in the open air, with a mask and a safety distance.
What will not be celebrated are the five macro parties that were planned in Madrid, since they were prohibited for not having a contingency plan against the coronavirus.
Also sand parties suspended in other cities and the itineraries of the Three Kings parades, organized for the next week, were reduced or modified.
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Only eight of the 17 autonomous communities will celebrate without restrictions the second New Year’s Eve since the start of the pandemic, while the rest will do so with limited hours and capacity, mobility and nightlife, in an attempt to curb the tsunami of infections from the omicron variant.
Spain, where the obligation to wear the mask outdoors has been reestablished, added this Thursday, for the tenth consecutive day, a new record of infections when accounting for a total of 161,688.
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This raises the cumulative incidence to 1,775 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days, although already there are seven regions that far exceed it, with more than 2,000. (I)
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