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Virus delays Rio's Carnival for first time in a century

by Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 6:06 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro delayed its annual Carnival parade, saying Thursday night that the global spectacle cannot go ahead in February because of Brazil’s continued vulnerability to the pandemic.

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