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The São Paulo government today announced a new reclassification of the SP Plan, which coordinates measures to open up the economy amid the covid-19 pandemic in the state. Without the presence of Governor João Doria (PSBD) at a press conference held in São Paulo, it was the responsibility of the Secretary of Health, Jean Gorinchteyn, to announce that three regions have regressed to the orange phase, while the capital remains in the yellow phase, despite the high number of hospitalizations. The last weeks.
The Marília, Sorocaba and Registro regions will go from the yellow phase to the orange phase, which provides for more restrictive measures. The Presidente Prudente region, which was in the red phase, progressed to orange, totaling four regions in this phase.
The orange phase had been removed from the qualifying plan and resumed amid a restructuring of the indicators. This guaranteed 90% of the state’s population in the yellow phase, including the capital.
Updated map of the SP Plan
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According to data from the São Paulo City Council, the city had an increase of four percentage points in the occupancy of the ICU the day before yesterday, going from 61% to 65%, when the “normal” considered by the technicians is an increase of only one point. percentage per day.
In the state, according to data presented today by the government of São Paulo, the new daily admissions had an increase of 8.2% in the moving average of the last epidemiological week.
In the announcement of the reclassification, Gorinchteyn admitted that the pandemic has been worsening in the state and blamed the irresponsibility of part of the population in respecting the measures to prevent the contamination of the new coronavirus, especially during the Christmas season.
“The pandemic has unfortunately increased. Due to the few who did not respect sanitary norms and health guidelines. People who flocked, did not wear a mask, celebrated irresponsibly and put family and friends at risk. Most of the population collaborates to control the disease. pandemic, “said the secretary of state.
The São Paulo government promised a new reclassification of the SP Plan for February 5.
Changes to the SP Plan
Along with the reclassification, the government also announced changes in the plan’s criteria to classify the regions and also changes in the restrictive measures for each phase.
Among the main ones, is the permission for the business to operate for eight hours a day in the orange phase and ten hours in the yellow phase. In yellow, the operation of bars and restaurants will be allowed only until 8 pm, while in orange, the sector can only function in the delivery system and with on-site pick-up. All trading must close until 8 pm in the orange phase.
Regarding the occupancy of ICU beds, for a region to be included in the orange phase, this index went from 75% to 70%, showing a tightening of the plan.
It will also be more difficult to enter the green phase, considering the rate of hospitalizations and deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Daily admissions in this measure increased from 40 to 30, while deaths went from five to just three per day. This always considering the data of the last 14 days.
The government of São Paulo also introduced changes in the plan’s criteria on the incidence indicators of the pandemic to better control the evolution of the pandemic in the state, such as stricter monitoring of the variation in cases, deaths and hospitalizations.
According to Patrícia Ellen, Secretary of Economic Development, the main indicator now of the SP Plan will be the number of hospitalizations per 100 thousand inhabitants.
“It is not enough just to have beds, we have to control the pandemic. The next six months are critical, we await the vaccine, but also the responsibility of containing the pandemic. The main indicator, now with more prominence, is hospitalizations per 100,000 inhabitants, which we see in the state is on average, with 43.3% ”, said Patrícia.
