Rio de Janeiro seeks to roll out mobile app for beachgoers braving pandemic

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Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, despite Brazil's raging COVID-19 epidemic, could soon be able to reserve ...

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy Ipanema beach, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ian CheibubRIO DE JANEIRO: Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches, despite Brazil's raging COVID-19 epidemic, could soon be able to reserve socially-distant sand space through a mobile app, the city's mayor said on Monday .

Rio's beaches have often been full recently, especially on weekends, as visitors ignore restrictions aimed at fighting the world's second worst coronavirus outbreak, with deaths surpassing 100,000.

 

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