Notting Hill Carnival to go virtual for first time in 54-year history due to coronavirus

LONDON, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Notting Hill Carnival, an annual event featuring sound systems and parade bands that has taken place on streets in west London since the mid-1960s, will be held virtually on Saturday as Britain is fighting to check the spread of coronavirus.

The move is being taken by the carnival organizers in order to avoid people from across Britain and foreign countries being packed in streets like sardines, standing skin to skin amid an increasing risk of a second wave of coronavirus pandemic.