SAO PAULO (AP) Bars in Sao Paulo are full again for evening happy hours, lawmakers in the capital of Brasilia have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom, and Rio de Janeiro’s beaches are packed. Calls for strict social distancing seem but a memory.
The country s average daily death toll has hovered around 500 for a month, down sharply from more than 3,000 in April. Almost 45% of the population is fully vaccinated, and a booster shot is being administered to the elderly.
Bars in Sao Paulo are full again for evening happy hours, lawmakers in the capital, Brasilia, have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom and Rio de Janeiro’s beaches are packed. Calls for strict social distancing seem but a memory.
Brazil appears intent on returning to pre-COVID-19 pandemic normalcy, even as its death toll tops 600,000, according to official data on Friday from the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Relief in COVID-19 cases and deaths have been particularly welcome given experts’ warnings that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 would produce another wave of destruction in the country with the second-most victims.
Bars in Brazil s biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again for Friday happy hours and lawmakers in the capital have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom. Rio de Janeiro s beaches are packed and calls for strict social distancing seem but a memory.