New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan entered 2021

(Patria) - Residents of New Zealand and Australia entered the new year with fireworks, but without public celebrations in squares.

The countries of Samoa, Kiribati and New Zealand were the first to enter the calendar year 2021, and midnight then struck in Fiji, Australia and Antarctica.

The world is entering the new year in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Thus, there were no big concerts or gatherings of people in the squares of the Oceanian countries, but the new year was entered with fireworks broadcast on national television.

Such fireworks were organized in Sydney, and began after midnight struck on the clock on the Town Hall tower of the Australian metropolis.

On the other hand, Taiwan and numerous countries in the east also entered the new year.

Thousands of people in the central square in Taipei welcomed the New Year with spectacular fireworks, but also wearing masks that the local authorities recommend in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.