Health Experts Warn Against New Year's Eve Celebrations

With COVID cases soaring globally, health officials are advising people to drastically scale back their end of the year celebrations.

As the world prepares to ring in the new year, health officials say "Not so fast."

"An event canceled is better than a life canceled," World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

With COVID-19 cases soaring globally as the Omicron variant spreads, health officials are advising folks to drastically scale back their end of the year celebrations.