A surfer falls off a wave on a Leblon beach swell in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 2 2020. Picture: REUTERS/SERGIO MORAESIn Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, residents could once again run along the beaches and drink a chilled coconut water at the kiosks that line the sand, as Brazil’s second city tried to return to some normality despite a heavy coronavirus death toll.
“It is a relief and provides hope that things can get better,” said Flavio Vicente, 38, as he worked out on Copacabana Beach. In Rio alone, 6,618 people have died of Covid-19 in the past four months. Only 14 countries in the world have a death toll higher than the city. Public hospitals are at 70% capacity.“They were difficult days at home, without doing anything, without money,” he said. “We are returning slowly with the hope of better days in this new normal.”
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