The annual San Francisco New Year's Eve fireworks display is canceled over public safety concerns due to COVID's surging omicron variant, city officials announced Tuesday.
are choosing to close ahead of the holiday and will reopen. Several bars and clubs' social media pages say bar staff and employees have already been negatively impacted by this most recent surge. California on Tuesday became the first state to top five million casesCity officials cite the recent increase in holiday travel and gatherings as a factor to their reasoning for canceling the fireworks.
"While we are all understandably eager to ring in a new year with San Francisco’s customary New Year’s Eve fireworks show, we must remain vigilant in doing all we can to stop the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant," said Mayor Breed. Limiting public in-person events will also help protect the city's first responders who are susceptible to exposure to the virus.
"The cancellation of the traditional fireworks display will allow us to focus our resources on emergency services and day-to-day operations without the addition of large crowds and the potential incidents that arise from such crowds." said Chief Jeannine Nicholson, San Francisco Fire Department. The annual city-sponsored fireworks show was scheduled to start one minute before midnight and runs about 20 minutes.
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