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Experts watch as Rio de Janeiro economy starts to reopen

by Associated Press
| June 2, 2020 2:03 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro, one of the cities worst hit by COVID-19 in Brazil, slowly started to reopen on Tuesday, more than two months after non-essential businesses were forced to shut down in order to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.

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