Thousands attend a street party in Prague to say goodbye to the coronavirus pandemic [View all]

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CNBC
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 1 2020 8:31 AM EDT
Sam Meredith

The event was held despite an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases reported in the Czech Republic last week and amid warnings from the World Health Organization that the pandemic is speeding up.

Thousands of people gathered in the capital city of the Czech Republic to give the coronavirus a "symbolic farewell," with a gigantic dinner table set up along a 14th-century bridge to mark the occasion.

Guests on Tuesday were encouraged to sit at a 500-meter-long table on Charles Bridge, a historic landmark in the center of Prague that crosses the Vltava River, and celebrate together without any social-distancing measures.

Local musicians performed in the open streets as neighbors shared food and drinks brought from home.

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"We want to celebrate the end of the coronavirus crisis with people meeting up and showing they're no longer afraid to meet others. That they aren't afraid to accept a bite of a sandwich from someone."

"Society mustn't be afraid. Otherwise, we'll have an economic crisis, a depression and that will hit society harder than Covid-19," Kobza said.

Read more and see photographs: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/01/coronavirus-thousands-attend-farewell-pandemic-party-in-prague.html

Why are people doing things like this??