SP government tightens quarantine during the holidays to contain the advance of Covid-19 in the state | Saint Paul



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The government of São Paulo determined this Tuesday (22) measures to tighten the quarantine with the Increased restrictions on the operation of goods and services across the state during Christmas and New Years Eve. According to the announcement, only essential services can work in days December 25, 26 and 27 me January 1, 2 and 3.

They can work on December 25, 26 and 27 and January 1, 2 and 3:

  • Pharmacy;
  • Markets;
  • Bakeries;
  • Fuel stations;
  • Laundries;
  • Public transportation, such as buses, trains, and subways;
  • Hotels, inns and other hotel services.

Do not open on December 25, 26 and 27 and January 1, 2 and 3:

  • Malls;
  • Stories;
  • Concessionaires;
  • Offices;
  • Bars, restaurants and cafeterias (except at home);
  • Academies;
  • Beauty salons;
  • Cinemas, theaters and other cultural establishments.

On other days, the entire state, with the exception of the Presidente Prudente region, remains in the yellow quarantine phase. In this phase, restaurants can operate until 10:00 p.m., with alcoholic beverages service only until 8:00 p.m., and bars must close their doors until 8:00 p.m. With that, On December 24 and 31, bars and restaurants will not be able to operate until midnight in any region of the SP platform.

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The change will not only be temporary for Presidente Prudente. Due to the progress of cases and the lack of ICU beds, the region will remain, until the next reclassification, in the red phase, the most restrictive of the economic expansion plan.

The government also announced that in January no region goes green, unless it is restrictive, and that the state reclassification, which was scheduled for the next 4, has been postponed to January 7. The changes were announced by members of the Covid-19 Contingency Center, at the Butantan Institute headquarters, this Tuesday afternoon (22).

“We must remember that we are not in a time of festivities or crowds. It is at this time that this risk of an uncontrolled pandemic occurs and the whole world is now applying specific measures at this time. São Paulo has always been different from the rest of Brazil . for honoring their commitment to making decisions at the right time and that is what we are doing now, “said Patricia Ellen, secretary of economic development.

“These measures that we are taking are tough measures, none of us here like to take this type of measure, we know the sacrifice that everyone is making, we know the sacrifice that sectors of the economy have faced in this period, but we have to make a choice, the option for safety, the option not to take risks ”, said the executive secretary of the health committee, João Gabbardo.

Measures to contain the pandemic in SP – Photo: Playback / Youtube

“The first thing is to reclassify the Presidente Prudente region to the red phase. We had a commitment here that if at some point a region entered the red phase, we would make an extraordinary reclassification and that happened from yesterday to today, because Presidente Prudente reached 83% occupancy of seats and, therefore, it is happening. for the red phase, ”said Patrícia Ellen.

According to Gabbardo, the increase in the number of cases and the increase in the use of ICU beds may lead regions to face a collapse of the health system. Still, according to the executive secretary, the state is already struggling to meet current demand.

“We are in a situation where the number of cases increases, the number of hospitalizations increases, we can begin to face the collapse in care. We have a very difficult situation at the moment, which is the availability of professionals, the availability of doctors, the availability of nurses, physiotherapists, many speak of the opening of beds in field hospitals, perhaps if we increase or create a field hospital At that time, we would have great difficulty in getting professionals to comply with the care scales in these new beds ”, he explained.

Restrictive measures across the state at the end of the year – Photo: Playback / Youtube

Airports and popular commerce

Gabbardo considered “inadmissible” crowds for boarding at airports, such as those registered in recent days in Guarulhos and in the city of São Paulo.

“What happened yesterday at Guarulhos airport cannot happen, that is a scene that is indescribable. There is no way to explain that the airport administration allowed what happened yesterday at Guarulhos airport to happen. It is unacceptable that the airlines who were the most affected in this process are not having the planning and attention with the service of the people who go there to register. Is there a lack of personnel, what is missing? What is the problem?

The executive secretary of the health committee also criticized the constant crowds in the streets of Brás, in the center of São Paulo.

“This informal trade, which occurs here in São Paulo in various regions, should be avoided. It should be avoided by the people who seek it and it should be avoided by the people who supply the products, perhaps they thought of making some of these amazing sellers in the period in the morning, others in the afternoon, because whoever does this, if he is not careful, will later suspend his activities “.

Also according to Gabbardo, the growth in the number of Covid-19 cases, caused by ignorance of sanitary regulations, could lead the government to determine even more restrictive measures, such as the closure of airports.

“People should think about it, airlines should think about it, if they don’t take care of themselves now and we have very high growth, what will happen is that flights will be suspended, airports will be closed, all due to lack of planning.”

In the last four weeks, São Paulo registered 34% increase in the number of deaths from coronavirus, according to state government data.

In the same period, the the number of cases grew 54% and how Admissions for Covid-19 increased 13% across the state.

Currently, all the regions of São Paulo are in the yellow phase of the so-called São Paulo Plan, which allows the opening of bars, restaurants and shops, albeit with time restrictions.

In recent weeks, the state has seen a further worsening of the pandemic, with an increase in hospitalizations, new cases and new deaths from coronavirus.

Until this Tuesday, the state of São Paulo accounted for 45,395 deaths and 1.39 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.

On December 11, the governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), affirmed that he will guarantee the opening of 2,000 new beds of the Unified Health System (SUS) destined for Covid-19 patients.

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