Umbutho oZimeleyo weZikolo zeSamba zaseRio de Janeiro, eBrazil (i-LIESA) ithathe isigqibo sokumisa umngcelele weCarnival ngolunye usuku ngelixa iBrazil isilwa nesibini esibulalayo emhlabeni. Covid-19 ukuqhuma.
IBrazil ijongana nokuqhambuka okubi kakhulu kwe-COVID-19 emva kwe-United States, kwaye i-Rio Carnival ingabeka umngcipheko omkhulu: umnyhadala owandisiweyo wezihlwele ezixineneyo ezidanisa ezitratweni kunye nokuthontelana kwindawo ebalaseleyo yesixeko "Sambadrome" kwimingcelele emikhulu nolonwabo lobusuku bonke.
Intloko yombutho, uJorge Castaneiro, ubhengeze isigqibo seligi kwinkomfa yoonondaba ebisandula ukwenzeka.
Ngokutsho kwakhe, kusengaphambi kokuba kuthethwe ngeminye imihla yecarnival, kuba akukho lwazi malunga nokuba isitofu siza kufumaneka nini eBrazil nangexesha lokugonywa.
“Kuya kusiba nzima ukuba neCarnival ngaphandle kogonyo. Akukho ndlela yakwenza iCarnival ngaphandle kokhuseleko. ”
UCastaneiro uqaphele ukuba ekuqaleni umngcelele bekucwangciselwe ukubanjwa ngoFebruwari, kodwa kule meko akunakwenzeka.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba zeziphi iimeko ezikhuselekileyo zoku ezakuvela kuphela ngo-Epreli ukuya phambili, yongeze intloko yeLiesa.
IBrazil ifumene isigidi se-4.66 sezigidi ze-COVID-19 kunye nosulelo kunye nokusweleka kwabantu abayi-140,000 kwi-COVID-19, ngokweedatha ezivela kwiYunivesithi yaseJohn Hopkins.
I-avareji yamatyala amatsha angama-30,000 kunye nokufa kwabantu abatsha abangama-735 kuye kwarekhodwa usuku ngalunye kwezi veki zimbini zidlulileyo, ngokwamanani ebandla lakhe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngokutsho kwakhe, kusengaphambi kokuba kuthethwe ngeminye imihla yecarnival, kuba akukho lwazi malunga nokuba isitofu siza kufumaneka nini eBrazil nangexesha lokugonywa.
- Brazil is dealing with the world's worst outbreak of COVID-19 after the United States, and the Rio Carnival would pose a huge risk.
- The Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (LIESA) has decided to postpone traditional Carnival processions to a later date while Brazil grapples with world's second-deadliest COVID-19 outbreak.
