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With Carnival scrapped, Rio’s Sambadrome hosts COVID-19 vaccinations
An elderly man receives a dose of the China's Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination site in the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 6, 2021. (Photo: AP/Bruna Prado)
07 Feb 2021 07:16AM (Updated:
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RIO DE JANEIRO: In a normal year, Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome would preparing for its great moment of the year: the world’s most famous Carnival parade.
But a week before what should be the start of Carnival, the pandemic has replaced pageantry, with the great celebration put on hold until next year as Rio struggles to quash a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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