The Rio City Council suspends recreational areas and prohibits parking on the promenade; the beaches remain open | Rio de Janeiro

According to the municipal administration, in a meeting held on Wednesday (9), attended by Mayor Crivella, Governor Cláudio Castro and the municipal and state secretaries of Health, in the Guanabara Palace, seat of the state government, it was agreed take the following measures:

• Industry opening hours scheduling (starting at 7 am); services (from 9 am); and commerce (after 11 am), to avoid crowds in public transport.
• Ban on parking on the promenade on weekends and holidays;
• Cancellation of leisure areas on the shores of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon and Aterro do Flamengo on Sundays and holidays (the lanes, therefore, will not be closed to vehicle traffic);
• Prohibition of the use of common recreation areas in condominiums, where masks are not used, such as saunas and swimming pools.
• Permission for shopping centers and shopping centers to be open 24 hours a day, to avoid crowds in the means of transport – this measure had already been announced

The City Council stresses that street vendors working on the shore will receive baskets of basic food while the new measures last.

Also according to the City Council, the set of announcements aims to protect the population from situations of risk of contamination by Covid-19, but without interfering in the production chain and without causing damage to the economy.

Both the mayor and the governor once again showed concern about the crowds and asked the population to avoid exposing themselves to unnecessary risks, wear a mask and maintain careful hand hygiene.

Some of the measures announced Thursday, such as a ban on parking on the boardwalk, had already been taken on other occasions during the pandemic.

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This Thursday (10), the state of Rio de Janeiro registered 116 deaths and 3,560 confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to a balance released by the State Secretariat of Health, it was the third consecutive day with more than 100 deaths and 3,000 cases measured. .

Niterói announces purchase of vaccines

Also on Thursday, the city of Niterói closed an agreement with the Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, to buy 1.1 million doses of the Coronavac vaccine.

The municipality will make an investment of R $ 57 million in the immunization project, at a cost of 10 dollars per dose. The first 300,000 vaccines will arrive in the city at the end of January for health professionals and the elderly.