CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.Australia will be among the first nations to ring in 2021 because of its proximity to the International Date Line.
It is a grim end to the year for New South Wales and Victoria, the country’s two most populous states, which are battling to curb new COVID-19 outbreaks.In past years 1 million people crowded Sydney’s harbor to watch fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbor Bridge, but most will be watching on television as authorities urge residents to stay home.RELATED: COVID-19: 1 year ago, medical bulletin went out on 'undiagnosed pneumonia'Locations.