At least 1 hospitalized with virus, liquor license suspended after COVID conga line party
By Kelly Hayes article
Doctors wearing protective equipment are reflected in an ornament as they decorate a Christmas tree inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit on Dec. 24, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo by Hristo Rusev/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - At least one person has been hospitalized with COVID-19 after attending a local New York City Republican club’s holiday party that went viral online after a video showed attendees celebrating indoors without masks.
Video of the Dec. 9 event, hosted by the Whitestone Republican Club in Queens, received more than 4 million views after being shared online. The video shows several maskless attendees dancing in a conga line to the Bee Gees’ You Should Be Dancing at the indoor restaurant, with a man leading the line while waving a flag that appears to read, Trump 2020.
New York Restaurant Loses Liquor License After Hosting Maskless GOP Club Party
A New York eatery that hosted a large holiday party with largely maskless patrons had its liquor license suspended for violating several COVID-19 regulations and other health safety laws, according to a Thursday announcement by state authorities.
The Whitestone Republican Club held an indoor holiday party at the Queens establishment, called Il Bacco Ristorante, on Dec. 9, with footage from the event posted on social media subsequently going viral. It showed about a dozen revelers dancing in a conga line to the Bee Gees’ “You Should Be Dancing,” with a man in the line waving a “Trump 2020” flag while other attendees were seen seated at tables or milling about. Several people had masks on, but the vast majority had no facial coverings.
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At least three people who attended the December 9 Christmas party and danced in a conga line have tested positive for COVID-19, with one being hospitalized
Earlier this month, shocking footage from the holiday party held by the Whitestone Republican Club in Queens emerged
The footage showed revelers forgoing face masks and dancing in the conga line