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Potsdam / Kremmen (dpa / bb) - According to the police, New Year's Eve in Brandenburg initially passed without many major missions - but with several violations of Corona rules.
"At the moment it looks like a relatively normal New Year's Eve," said a spokeswoman for the police headquarters on Thursday evening.
However, there are various gatherings of people all over the country who violate the distance rule when firing.
The officials had given place orders.
There is no focus in the country.
Despite the ban, numerous firecrackers could be heard in Potsdam.
In Kremmen in the Oberhavel district, New Year's Eve was tragic for a 63-year-old: the man lost a hand, said the police spokeswoman.
He was handling an illegal firecracker, and the hand was infected and then severed.
The man came to the hospital.
In Brandenburg there is a nationwide ban on gatherings on New Year's Eve and New Year's due to the Corona crisis.
On New Year's Eve, the people of Brandenburg are allowed to be outside until 2 a.m., then the nightly exit restrictions begin until 5 a.m.
Drinking alcohol in public is prohibited.
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Pyrotechnics may not be sold, the state government urgently advises against setting off fireworks.
Potsdam and Cottbus had imposed a ban on firecrackers on public roads, paths and squares for New Year's Eve and New Year's.
The police did not provide a number of how many officers were deployed across the country.
But New Year's Eve is one of the busy days.
State government of Brandenburg on the Corona regulation
Firecrackers ban Potsdam
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