KORONADAL CITY—The city government pulled the plug on a Christmas display in front of the city hall after it drew crowds that made it difficult to enforce social distancing which officials said could switch on an uncontrollable surge of COVID-19 cases.
The city government was unveiling on Tuesday (Dec. 8), a display tagged as “Christmas Village” when thousands of people were drawn like moths to the bright lights.
To the chagrin of thousands of excited spectators, the local government at 8 pm on Tuesday pulled the plug on the PaksKoronadal 2020 Festival, which would have been highlighted by the lighting of a giant Christmas lantern.
Mayor Eliordo Ogena said the humongous crowd …
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