At Least Someone Got The Memo! Thousands Of Samba Dancers In Tiny Costumes Ignore Zika Threat To Celebrate Carnival In Brazil (But One Revleller Did Cover Up In A Head-To-Toe Mosquito Net)

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 have been going down the classic route.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city, 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.

The annual mega-bash famed for lavish and skimpily dressed samba parades and all-night street dancing is expected to attract as many as five million people from all over the world.