Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - In view of the increasing number of corona infections, NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) does not want to allow public parties on New Year's Eve.

The currently applicable restrictions that only five people from two households are allowed to meet in public would have to apply again on New Year's Eve after the relaxation over Christmas, Laschet said on Friday in Düsseldorf.

"On New Year's Eve there must be no meetings in public places," he emphasized.