Subdued Brazil New Year celebrations met with silence in COVID-19 ward Reuters 1/01/2021
By Leonardo Benassatto
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilians saw in 2021 with fireworks under unusual social distancing measures, while in a hospital intensive care ward outside Sao Paulo, doctors tending COVID-19 patients held one minute of silence for the passing of a deadly year. © Reuters/AMANDA PEROBELLI New Year celebrations at a field hospital in Santo Andre
Medical staff stood at the foot of beds with people hooked up to ventilators, and then went around wishing their patients a happy New Year through face shields and masks.
The sound of fireworks in the streets outside broke the monotony of whirring ventilators and beeping monitors.
Moderadas celebraciones de Año Nuevo de Brasil en medio de medidas contra COVID-19
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Moderadas celebraciones de Año Nuevo de Brasil en medio de medidas contra COVID-19
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