Rio de Janeiro beaches crowded as Brazil tackles new variant
Beaches in Rio de Janeiro were still crowded on the day the UK banned all arrivals from South America over concerns over a new strain of coronavirus. Brazilian health authorities have warned the country will struggle to cope with the pressure on hospitals, as a rapid case of hospitalisations was reported across Brazil's Amazon states since the middle of December. A new strain could be behind the increased pressure, as it has already proven to re-infect those who have already recovered from the disease Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.