Brazil carnivalrevellers ignore calls to cover up tolower Zika risk to enjoy themselves

Despite warnings that the traditional Carnival
clothes - or lack thereof - would accelerate the
spread of the Zika virus, performers and revelers
taking part in Brazil's nationwide street
fest still went down the classic route.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city and its
economic capital, the second day of carnival
celebrations saw a number of samba schools
parade through the streets in jaw-dropping
costumes covered in diamantes, feathers... and
not much more.
Medical experts have warned that the
celebrations held all over Brazil in the coming
days could become an 'explosive cocktail' that
will see the mosquito-transmitted Zika spread at
globally.