In the center of Prague, families with children were replaced by foreigners at night
Updates: 31.12.2021 23:43
Released: 31.12.2021, 23:43
Prague – New Year’s Eve celebrations in Prague are still quiet, according to firefighters, police and paramedics. While in the afternoon the families in the historical center of Prague were mostly families with children, in the night they were replaced mainly by foreigners. In addition to Czech, English and Russian sounded mainly on Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square. According to the capital of Prague City Tourism (PCT), 60,000 visitors could reach the city on New Year’s Eve, which is significantly less than before the pandemic. Nevertheless, the rescuers who set up a large tent on Wenceslas Square are ready. Hundreds of police officers oversee security and public order and anti-epidemic measures in Prague.
There is no ban on alcohol consumption in public, nor is there a time limit for restaurants or bars. For the first time in 16 years, the rescue service of the capital city of Prague did not present a module for the Golem mass disaster on Wenceslas Square, the tent being a replacement for it. There are two crews on Wenceslas Square, including a doctor, and two more on Old Town Square. A coordination car is also on standby, cooperating with the police and police. An anti-conflict team, special and regional law enforcement units are also involved. The police help the city police officers.
Firefighters intervened until 11 p.m. on 11 fires due to pyrotechnics, which only affected bushes, rubbish or garbage cans. The Prague ambulance service at its center in Wenceslas Square helped, for example, men after falling from a scooter or women with allergies. The rescuers also dealt with one accident with fireworks, which did not happen in the center. It follows from the information on twitter firefighters and paramedics. Prague police spokeswoman Violeta Siřišťová told ČTK that the police had so far dealt mainly with the use of pyrotechnics in places where it was forbidden, and they set out to get an accident with pyrotechnics in Řeporyje.
Gastronomic establishments in Prague are relatively full. checks evidence of completed vaccinations or covid-19 disease in the last six months. There were often more than four people at the tables, which is currently the allowed limit if they are not the maximum members of one household. However, many of them did not meet the condition, and the restorers mostly did not find out. Due to the favorable weather and the high temperatures in December, there is much more intensive efforts in Prague’s streets by the Minister of Health Vlastimil Válek (TOP 09) to prevent people from developing unnecessary contacts due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus disease.
It has been banned from using pyrotechnics in Prague since last year. These include the monument reserve, nature parks and protected areas, the surroundings of watercourses and islands, dams and dikes. The ban also applies in the vicinity of the Troja Zoo and homes for the elderly and other residential social facilities. The company for animals has prepared a form for firing fireworks. It can be used to fill in the place and time, including people’s batting on New Year’s Eve, and to state, for example, animal reactions, human and animal health problems due to pyrotechnics and whether the police were called and how they intervened.
Compared to previous years, the welcome of the new year on January 1, 2022 in Prague will be complete without fireworks organized by the city or projection on buildings, so-called videomapping. Due to the covidu-19 pandemic, the municipality decided not to hold the event. The welcoming of the new year did not take place even a year ago. Last year, Prague firefighters intervened in 18 fires related to fireworks.
