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 ridi
  • 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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