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The São Paulo court denied a court order requested by Councilor Fernando Holiday (Patriot) to suspend the rotation of new cars in São Paulo, effective as of Monday (11), which withdrew the circulation of half of the vehicle fleet, in an attempt to contain the movement. of people and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
As of Monday, only cars with homogeneous registration can drive on even days, as is the case on Tuesday. On odd days, only those with a sign with a strange ending take to the streets. In addition to the extended duration, the restriction is now valid throughout the city and not just in the expanded center anymore.
The city says the goal is to reduce the number of people in circulation in the city to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, which in São Paulo alone has already killed at least 2,430 people. With the level of social isolation of the population falling week by week, more drastic measures were implemented.
In a decision of this Tuesday (12), Judge Celina Kiyomi Toyoshima stated that in the lawsuit filed by Holiday “the illegality of the contested administrative act was not demonstrated” and that “in principle, there is no formal defect” in the edition of the decree that introduced the measure.
The councilman filed the lawsuit last Thursday, shortly after Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB) announced the measure. “The mayor has so far not presented any study to support that decision, nor has he outlined any objectives, since the measure would improve the fight against Covid. It seemed to me an improvised and disorganized measure, which would only benefit the bus companies, and not the fight diffusion. ” of the virus, “Holiday says to Sheet.
“Everything we saw [desde que o rodízio passou a valer] It shows that public transport cannot cope with the increased turnover at this time of the pandemic. People are more exposed to risk. [aglomeradas no transporte público] than they were before, “he says.
Holiday says it intends to appeal the decision as soon as it is notified. “As long as it is in place, the population will be at risk on crowded public transportation.”
In the process, the Prosecutor’s Office declared in favor of suspending the measure, arguing that the city did not respond to the agency the objectives and studies that subsidized the rotation. The Prosecutor’s Office has an open investigation to determine the measures taken by the city in relation to traffic, such as the blockade of avenues tried last week and discarded soon after.
According to data from CET (Traffic Engineering Company), there were 7 kilometers slow at 8 am on Tuesday. Last Tuesday, it was 19 kilometers at the same time.
Monitoring by the São Paulo government shows that social isolation in the capital of São Paulo was 49%, even with the megarodyz imposed by Covas’ management. According to SP government data, the index rose just one percentage point from the previous Monday (4).
The government has said that if the isolation does not exceed 50%, the state’s health system may collapse.
The capital of São Paulo has not reached the 49% mark since April 17. However, on weekends, the percentage used to rise above 50%.
In the SP state, the isolation rate was 48%.
Data from the capital shows a steady drop in isolation since the end of March, the beginning of quarantine, when the city reached marks above 55% of isolation.
The government considered that the ideal would be to reach 70%, but that if at least half of the people stayed at home, the hospital system would work. This did not happen.
According to the government, in Greater São Paulo, deaths increased 63% between April 30 and May 11, from 2,014 to 3,183.
The occupancy rate of the ICU beds reserved for the care of COVID-19 is 69.1% in the State of São Paulo and 85.7% in Greater São Paulo.
To prevent the collapse of the system, the Covas administration first adopted locks on the main corridors of the city. The movement caused traffic jams and even left ambulances still.
After that, the megarrodízio was announced in the capital, which was criticized for generating crowds on public transport.
