Carnaval returned in San Francisco this weekend after the pandemic brought the full celebration to a halt for two years.
Rodrigo Duran is executive director of the event. He said that during the pandemic, it was scaled back to smaller resource fairs. But this year, there is a full event.“We were on pause on pause throughout this whole time because we were very, very careful about how people could stay safe," he said.
"Like I said, we have six different stations for people to get rapid tests for free can get tested on site, get vaccinated get the booster so that we feel safe – we have masks as well."“We did and we have a mask actually people are walking around handing out tests which is amazing and on the street today something for everyone,” said Ruby Murray.
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