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RIO – On the day that the municipality of Rio reached the mark of 14,743 deaths from covid-19, the sands of Ipanema beach have been crowded since the afternoon of this Wednesday (30). On New Year’s Eve, a party in Posto 9 took over the area and hit the trending topics on Twitter / Rio today at dawn. Photos and videos posted by users show that the hundreds of people gathered were not following any of the social distance recommendations and, for the most part, were not wearing masks. A decree, signed on the 28th of this month by the acting mayor, Jorge Felippe, prohibits the holding of parties until January 1 at 06:00. According to information from G1, early in the morning the police intervened, but there were still many people on the boardwalk.
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“I am with a relative in the ICU due to covid and seeing these images of selfishness in Ipanema, I can only feel hopeless for this country,” wrote Axl Ramone, who shared on Twitter a photo of the crowded beach this Wednesday night.
“Brazil registered 1,224 new deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, the highest number since August. 193,875 people died in the country from the disease. Still, this is the Ipanema beach setting at the time. Can you have any hope? Milena Batista tweeted, who shared a video recorded from inside a car that shows hundreds of people gathered in the sand and on the boardwalk.
Thiago Cerqueira also shared the video and wrote: “And in 2020, the absence of the State and common sense continues to normalize the absurdities of Brazil abroad, and in Ipanema it is no different … congratulations to all those involved and I regret much more of 190 thousand deaths from covid-19… ”.
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Due to the pandemic, the City this year canceled the concerts and the fireworks show on the Copacabana border on New Year’s Eve and established a scheme with 54 blocking points to control the access of people to the edge of the city , from Leme to Recreio, in Pontal. . Between 8:00 pm on the 31st, when the beaches traditionally begin to fill up, especially in Copacabana, and 3:00 am on the 1st, buses and vans will no longer be able to enter the region. In addition, the measure, in addition to containing the crowds that congregate by the sea at the turn of the year, will affect private parties. The idea is to discourage people from leaving home, in the midst of the pandemic, for large family gatherings.
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On Tuesday night (29), firefighters and military police from 23 BPM (Leblon) banned an electronic music party that took place from 2:00 p.m. at the Faro Beach Club, in Leblon, in the South Zone of the city. The irregular event was promoting overcrowding with the packed dance floor, with about two thousand people in space. According to firefighters, the party, which was widely publicized on social networks, was not authorized to take place despite the fact that it is a well-known brand in the pool party scene.
