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Saying the safety of londoners must come first. some 6,500 people were expected to attend. british prime minister boris johnson decided against tougher covid restrictions but cautioned that people should be smart about how they ring in the new year. >> i think everybody should enjoy new year but in a cautious and sensible way. take a test. ventilation. think about others. but above all, get a booster. >> reporter: in paris, the traditional fireworks display over the champs-elysees has been called off, and officials have implemented a mask-wearing policy in outdoor public spaces starting friday...

Cry from 58,000 the city was expecting to host. in our former neck of the woods, we both lived there different times, but atlanta, the peach drop was cancelled, the third year this year. and in san francisco mayor london breed nixed their annual fireworks show all together. a lot of scaled back celebrations last night. i want to say our thoughts and prayers are with the folks in colorado, in the fire ravaged state, it's been a lot. residents welcomed the new year with cries of relief, quite frankly. >> we stayed up all night long just hugging each other, just glad that we have each other and w...

Times square? >> we're in the public health crisis of our lifetimes. frankly, it should have been cha chanceled. >> reporter: but the ball will drop and without ll cool j who called off his performance testing positive for covid. >> outdoor only, masks required, vaccinated but want to show we're moving forward and new york city is fighting our way through this. >> reporter: the city insisting it can party safely even while navigating staffing shortages affecting ems, the fire department and the subway. >> it's a real, a real issue. both from a hospital standpoints and from ems, bringing patien...

Cancelled. >> reporter: this ball will drop despite the highest number of daily cases this city has ever seen and without ll coolj who tested positive. >> it going to be masks required, socially distanced but we want to show we're moving forward and that new york city is fighting our way through this. >> reporter: the city insisting it can party safely, even while navigating staffing shortages affecting ems, the fire department and the subway. >> staff shortages is a real issue from a pre-hospital standpoint, ems, bringing people into the health care system and not just in new york but around ...

The city also canceled the peach drop, its annual new year's eve celebration for the second year in a row trying to curb some of these numbers. >> very sad situation. too much seems to be sadly normal for us all now. all right. polo sandoval, nadia romero, thank you so much. let's continue this conversation, dr. jennifer shue is a pediatrician in georgia and a cnn health contributor. this is deja vu all over again. really, this is just a terrible situation and seemingly hopeless, but maybe it's hopeful. tell us what you are seeing in pediatric cases. >> so since the start of the pandemic we ...