Tag: Rio de Janeiro

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Relentless Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro's carnival festivities indefinitely postponed

  

  Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from COVID-19.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro iconic Copacabana Palace reopens after the pandemic lockdown

  

  The Copacabana Palace, an iconic luxury hotel on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront, reopened on Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close for the first time in its 97-year history.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Coronavirus spread in Brazil seems to be slowing as transmission rate follows below key level

  

  The spread of coronavirus in Brazil could be about to slow, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, amid reports the transmission rate has fallen below the key level and early signs of a gradual decline in the weekly totals of cases and fatalities.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Sunbathers in Rio beaches will have to reserve spaces through a mobile app

  

  Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, despite Brazil's raging COVID-19 epidemic, could soon be able to reserve socially-distant sand space through a mobile app, the city's mayor said on Monday.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro cancels New Year's samba celebrations on Copacabana Beach

  

  The annual New Year's Eve celebrations which traditionally see millions of people gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been cancelled this year as Brazil grapples with surging coronavirus infections, city authorities said.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil reaches 1,5 million Covid-19 contagion cases and over 60,000 deaths

  

  Brazil is expected to pass 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, as the virus continues to ravage Latin America's largest country even as cities reopen bars, restaurants, and gyms sparking fears infections will keep rising.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:25 UTC

  Controversy deepens in Rio de Janeiro following the re-opening of the football season

  

  The Rio de Janeiro state football championship restarted once again on Sunday as Botafogo - one of the clubs opposed to what they see as a premature resumption of top-level football - took the field with a banner protesting the decision.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Despite more than 50,000 Covid-19 deaths, Brazilians swarmed to beaches over the weekend

  

  Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches, but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 12:29 UTC

  Brazil's service sector slumped 11,7% in April on a year on year basis

  

  Services activity in Brazil slumped 11.7% in April, figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall since comparable record-keeping began nearly a decade ago as social isolation measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak slammed the economy into reverse.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  “I can't breathe” chant favela residents in Rio protesting crimes committed by police against black people

  

  Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the square in front of the Rio de Janeiro state government palace Sunday, protesting crimes committed by the police against black people in the Brazilian city’s poor neighborhoods, known as favelas.