By Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
A doctor was savagely beaten when she objected to one of the many shindigs taking place in defiance of health experts’ advice
For weeks, the booze-soaked, coronavirus-themed parties had raged over the road from Ticyana Azambuja’s home in Rio de Janeiro, until finally she snapped.
She picked up a hammer, marched across the street and used it to smash the rear windshield and Union Jack-patterned wing mirror of a reveller’s car.
Source: Coronavirus parties highlight Brazil’s fractured approach to pandemic
Category: Brazil, Coronavirus outbreak, World news, Americas
