Samba carnival postponed in two Brazilian cities due to omicron

The carnival parade of samba schools, which was supposed to take place in February in two Brazilian cities, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, was postponed to April due to the spread of the omicron strain of the CORONAVIRUS, the G1 portal reports, citing the words of the mayors of the two cities.

“Thinking of the safety and life of citizens, communities and all carnival associations, the [carnival] parades of samba schools in Sao Paulo have been officially rescheduled for April 2022. The decision, taken jointly by the mayors of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, is based on epidemiological studies of the municipal HEALTH departments of the two cities.

They decided to hold the carnival on the day of the anniversary of the death of the Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes - April 21.

According to the latest data, 168,820 new cases of coronavirus were registered in Brazil over the past day, 396 people died. For the entire period of the pandemic in the country, the number of people infected with covid-19 amounted to 23,757,741 people, 622,645 people died.