Unmasked Floridians crowd Miami beach as Delta variant spreads through US state
By AFP
09 August 2021 |
2:19 pm
Unmasked people pack Miami's South Beach and Bayside Marketplace as the Delta variant of Covid-19 spreads rapidly in Florida -- the US state recording the most new cases of the coronavirus.
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