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Illegal French New Year’s Eve party that drew 2,500 ends after 36 hours and a failed attempt to shut it down



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Around 1,200 penalty notices have been issued, local officials said, with most of them being linked to violations of coronavirus restrictions.Around 2,500 revelers attended a party that started Dec. 31, 2020, in a disused warehouse in Lieuron, France. Police shut the gathering down on Jan. 2. (Reuters)Regional authorities set up a coronavirus testing site near the rave’s location and urged all participants to quarantine for seven days, amid concerns that the event could worsen an anticipated rise in novel coronavirus infections in the coming weeks.“We must consider that all the participants in this rave party were exposed,” regional health official Stéphane …

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