Rio to Quiz Visitors on AIDS
RIO DE JANEIRO — Health officials, fearing an onslaught of AIDS cases during Rio’s Carnaval, said today they will ask foreign visitors to fill out questionnaires about homosexuality and acquired immune deficiency syndrome before entering Brazil.
The officials said they had considered demanding blood tests of all tourists showing they did not have the disease, but they eventually decided on voluntary unsigned questionnaires distributed by airlines to an estimated 20,000 visitors flying down to Rio for the pre-Lenten festivities beginning next week.
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