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Despite rise in COVID cases, Sydney fireworks go ahead

Fireworks Director Fortunato Foti holds a firework ahead of the New Year's Eve fireworks display

Fireworks Director Fortunato Foti holds a firework ahead of the New Year's Eve fireworks display Source: AAP

While New Year's Eve celebrations around the world are cancelled, pyrotechnicians prepare for Sydney's famous fireworks display. That's despite another rise in daily COVID-19 cases with 12,226 new infections in New South Wales.


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By Arianna Lucente

Presented by Svetlana Printcev

Source: SBS



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While New Year's Eve celebrations around the world are cancelled, pyrotechnicians prepare for Sydney's famous fireworks display. That's despite another rise in daily COVID-19 cases with 12,226 new infections in New South Wales.



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