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Vancouver skies fill with cheers of appreciation for health care workers (VIDEO)

Nightly tradition brings joyful sounds to city amid COVID-19 pandemic
At 7 p.m. nightly, Vancouver residents are stepping outside to cheer and clap for health care worker
At 7 p.m. nightly, Vancouver residents are stepping outside to cheer and clap for health care workers tackling COVID-19. File photo Dan Toulgoet

There's less traffic noise, no fireworks shows and no roaring crowds at sporting events in Vancouver these days thanks to the COVID-19 crisis. But every night there's a new tradition that's making soundwaves through the city.

At 7 p.m. every night, Vancouver residents are stepping outside — on their own balconies, patios, roofs, or sidewalks — to erupt in cheers and applause to salute the city's hard-working health care workers on the frontlines.

 

 

 

The word has been spreading on social media that the applause is for doctors, nurses and other first responders and hospital personnel in the midst of this unprecedented health care crisis here in Vancouver — and around the world.

The hashtag #clapfordoctors on Twitter and Instagram shows that this is happening around the world at designated times.

In Vancouver, the new nightly ritual has been happening in the West End, though there have been rallying calls on community Facebook groups for a similar action to happen in communities across the Lower Mainland.

To some, it's a cheer of "mutual support" for neighbours in isolation.

 

And a reminder, if you do decide to take part, to make sure that you aren't gathered closely in a group of people that doesn't share your home with you. Practise safe social distancing, wash those hands and take good care. 

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