Face masks placed on statues in Rio and Buenos Aires to raise awareness amid pandemic

Record ID: 1469413

  • Title: Face masks placed on statues in Rio and Buenos Aires to raise awareness amid pandemic
  • Date: 14th April 2020
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (APRIL 14, 2020) (REUTERS) SIGN READING (Spanish) ''COVER YOUR MOUTH'' NEAR OBELISK LIT SIGN VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET / SOME WEARING FACE MASKS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 58-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE, CLAUDIA TEXARETA, SAYING: ''The problem is they (face masks) can't be found. Since I can't get them, we have to improvise. At the moment, I find it ridiculous wearing a cut-out plastic bottle as a face mask, but we have to protect ourselves and take care of each other. Wonderful. I think the measure (making face masks obligatory) is great but they (government) should start handing them out.'' RESTAURANT EXTERIORS, DELIVERY PEOPLE WEARING FACE MASKS, COLLECTING ORDERS VARIOUS OF FACE MASKS SOLD BY CONVENIENCE STORE PRICE ON FACE MASK (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 57-YEAR-OLD HOUSEWIFE, NORMA FERNANDEZ, SAYING: ''The government, the state or the municipality should hand them out like they did when they stood on street corners handing out propaganda to vote. I think people should stand there handing out face masks.'' VARIOUS OF STATUE / MONUMENT OF ARGENTINE RACE CAR DRIVER, JUAN MANUEL FANGIO, WEARING FACE MASK VARIOUS OF ARGENTINE COMIC CHARACTER, TIA VICENTA, WEARING FACE MASK RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (APRIL 14, 2020) (REUTERS) MAN WALKING IN BATHING SUIT DOWN STREET WEARING FACE MASK GENERAL OF COBACABANA BEACH REPLICA OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE WEARING FACE MASK (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ARTIST, ALEXANDRO DE NAZARETO, SAYING: "I put the mask on the (model of) Christ so that everyone becomes aware that we need to take care of ourselves during the coronavirus (pandemic). It isn't from our country, but we are contaminated, we must stay locked down. God is going to bless us and is going to help us get rid of this evil virus.'' VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING / CYCLING AROUND COBACABANA BEACH REPLICA OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE WEARING FACE MASK
  • Embargoed: 28th April 2020 21:36
  • Keywords: Buenos Aires Rio monuments novel coronavirus pandemic statues
  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • City: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Reuters ID: LVA003C9GSPJB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Statues around monuments in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina have been covered with face masks to raise awareness among the population, as the countries battle the spread of the novel coronavirus.
    Starting Wednesday (April 15), the use of face masks will become obligatory in Buenos Aires to enter stores and to use public transportation, according to local media.
    Brazil likely has 12 times more cases than are being officially reported, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study.
    The pandemic has led to over 1.8 million confirmed infections globally and caused at least 115,242 deaths.
    (Production: Horacio Soria, Juan Bustamante, Miguel Lo Bianco, Sebastian Rocandio)
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