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Rio de Janeiro, Jan 1 (efe-epa).- Brazilians welcomed 2021 on Friday without the typical raucous celebrations, ruled out by authorities as Covid-19 deaths continue to mount at a rate of more a thousand a day.
Rio de Janeiro scrapped the world-renowned seaborne fireworks extravaganza that in previous years drew more than 2 million people to the city’s iconic Copacabana beach.
Copacabana, like other Rio beaches, was packed for most of the week, but only handfuls of people remained when police deployed after sunset to enforce the closure ordered by the municipal government.
The Christ the Redeemer statue that looks out over the city from atop Corcovado mountain was lit up to mark the coming of 2021 and honor the health-care workers on the front line of the battle against coronavirus.
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