Rio de Janeiro canceled the parades and street parties during its world famous Carnival for the second year due to the increase in Covid-19 cases and the threat of the arrival of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the mayor of the Brazilian city reported on Tuesday.
However, the spectacular parade of the samba schools of River, which the public observes from the stands of the Sambódromo da Marquês de Sapucaí, unlike last year, applying sanitary precautions to prevent the spread of the virus, he added.
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced after a meeting with health authorities that the city would suspend the event that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.
The street carnival, by its very nature, due to the democratic aspect it has, makes it impossible to exercise any kind of inspection, “Paes said in a live webcast.
Other cities of Brazil They have also canceled their Carnival parades. Last week, the northeastern city of Salvador announced that it would not hold the event.
Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, also decided that it will not sponsor or invest in street parades this year, local media reported.
Sao Paulo, the capital of the richest state in Brazil, He plans to move his street parade to the Interlagos Formula 1 circuit, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
Covid-19 cases have increased again in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 18, 759 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, and 175 deaths from Covid-19. Some 170 cases of Omicron in the country, up from 32 two weeks ago, he said.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx