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It was as if the Red Phase had not been enacted on weekends by João Doria (PSDB). Despite the restrictions, the beaches of Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, were filled on what was the first sunny Sunday with the new stricter rules. The difference is that people stopped focusing on the dry sand strip – due to the ban on the use of chairs and umbrellas – and gathered on the wet sand strip, by the sea, where it was impossible to move without colliding with each other. others.
The cities of Baixada Santista are currently in the orange phase during weekdays. On weekends, holidays and after 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday they go to the red stage. Waterfront kiosks, for example, can only fulfill delivery orders, without consuming or picking up products on site. The use of masks by bathers is mandatory.
The restrictions also affect physical and sports activities, so only individual ones (running and walking) are allowed. The operation of food stalls and street vendors is prohibited; as well as the consumption of alcoholic beverages and food is prohibited along the entire coast.
The fine for those who violate the Code of Posture of the Municipality varies from R $ 1,5 thousand to R $ 12 thousand, according to the City Council. The inspection on land is carried out by the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM).
The bathers attended this Sunday (31) in Praia do Gonzaga, in Santos (SP), despite the restrictions derived from the new coronavirus pandemic.
Image: Fernanda Luz / UOL
Unaware of all this, Paulistans and tourists from other regions of the state chose the beaches of Santos as a stop for rest and recreation this Sunday. Most do not wear masks or face shields. And, near Channel 2, sitting in chairs and with umbrellas mounted as if it were any other day.
The Santos City Council told the report that the red phase is valid on weekends for the entire state and that the municipality enacted even stricter regulations than those in force in the SP Plan.
This Saturday (30) and Sunday (31), the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM) issued 1,795 instructions to bathers on the use of the sand strip, 595 instructions on the mandatory use of the mask, and applied three fines for not using the mask. mask. It should be remembered that the fine (R $ 100.00) only applies if the person does not have the item with them and / or refuses to use it.
“For what?”
Despite the pandemic, not all visitors to Praia do Gonzaga, in Santos (SP), wore masks this Sunday (31)
Image: Fernanda Luz / UOL
It was exactly on a section between Avenida Bernardino de Campos and Avenida Ana Costa that the report from Twitter He saw a GCM car, which stopped next to the tourists and asked them to close their umbrellas. At no time did the occupants of the vehicle descend or ask people to pick up their chairs, mats or masks.
A street vendor who was exchanging drinks irregularly at the time of the arrival of the guards escaped. On the other hand, the bathers, when they approached, simply closed their umbrellas, waiting for the vehicle to move away and opened them again.
“They came to ask us to close our umbrella because it could be a problem,” said Hamilton Prone, a merchant from São Paulo.
I think this is an exaggeration. For what? We have already chosen to stay here, in the dry part, to show that we were isolated. And they come and ask us to close the umbrella? What’s the use of that? The result can be a heat stroke, since we are not going to leave the beach, we are going to stay here in the chairs. “
Prone Hamilton, merchant
Regarding the installation of umbrellas and chairs on the sand strip, in accordance with current legislation, GCM carried out awareness-raising work on the regulations that prohibit the use of these elements on the sand strip, on Saturdays and Sundays. In such cases, so far no fine is foreseen.
“We are all gonna die”
The public flocked to Gonzaga Beach, in Santos (SP), this Sunday (31), despite the restrictions caused by the covid-19
Image: Fernanda Luz / UOL
Without the usual presence of food and drink vendors, and despite the restrictions, the bathers turned around as best they could, carrying cans of beer in styrofoam boxes and food in cold bags.
Some even took speakers and cheered on the surrounding bathers, who danced to the classic Carioca funk. Everyone enjoying the red stage on Sunday, like Eduardo Gomes dos Santos, who lives and works in São Paulo as a security guard.
“This covid thing is not how everyone talks, no. Look, here, without a mask. No, I’m not taking anything. Everyone is free to wear the mask or not, no one can force me. I just have to take medicine and take care of yourself at home” he said, echoing the speech adopted by President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) since the start of the pandemic.
“Why can we pile on a bus but not enjoy the beach? What kind of law is this? I can kill myself at work, but I can’t? You know what? We are all going to die, so I’m going to enjoy it. “he continued.
They say that the virus is invisible, that we do not see it. Only sin is also invisible, we do not see it. But God is the one who sees and knows everything. This is all a lie by the governors to keep us in jail, God knows. “
Eduardo Gomes dos Santos, security
We have to show these people, this Dória (governor of São Paulo, responsible for Plan SP), that we are not slaves. We are a free people. As the president says, we will all die one day, but we do not need to live in jail as these leaders want. There are so many other diseases there! H1N1, dengue … Why did you think about this covid? “
Solange Avena Prone, businesswoman
Even with the ban on street vendors, umbrellas and chairs, bathers enjoyed the sunny Sunday in Santos (SP)
Image: Fernanda Luz / UOL
Santos has more than twice as many deaths as the state average
The Baixada Santista region, on the coast of São Paulo, registered 307 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 this Saturday (30). Epidemiological bulletins released by cities registered eight deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours.
In total, Baixada has 93,887 confirmations and 3,070 deaths from Covid-19. There are 2,633 suspected cases, 100 deaths under investigation, and 81,269 recovered patients. The number of hospitalized patients is 245.
Santos appears as the municipality with the highest number of hospitalizations, registering 201 hospitalized patients with symptoms of the disease on Saturday. In the city, the total occupancy rate of the 615 available Covid-19 beds is 33%. Among the 273 ICU beds, occupancy is 43%. In the SUS the rate is 34% and in the private network 57%.
Survey of the Brazilian Association of Traffic Medicine (Abramet) revealed that Santos, despite having recorded a reduction of approximately 20% in the number of deaths in January this year, has more than double the number of deaths compared to the state average. There are 233.8 deaths / 100,000 inhabitants, which leaves the city in second place in this ranking.
Brazil registered 563 deaths from covid-19 in 24 hours, but the pandemic did not remove the public from the beach of Santos (SP)
Image: Fernanda Luz / UOL
We are doing our part in the patient care infrastructure, with enough beds, for tests, but we need everyone’s collaboration at this time while maintaining social distance. The pandemic is not over.
We maintained an extensive inspection on the beaches, which reduced the number of umbrellas on the sands, in commercial establishments and in other public places, but it is essential to educate residents and tourists about respecting the regulations while the vaccine is not available the entire population.
After everything we’ve seen about it, it’s unfortunate to have to fine someone for not wearing a mask, but we did. “
Rogério Santos, mayor
Despite this, the mayor of Santos and president of the Baixada Santista Development Council, Rogério Santos (PSDB), sent this Friday a request to review the classification of Baixada Santista in the São Paulo Plan to the State Government ( 29), taking into account the indicators published in the latest bulletin of the Government of São Paulo.
It is based on the fact that this Friday (29), in the last published update, the data on ICU bed occupancy for patients with Covid-19, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease presented classifications regarding what is necessary for the phases. green and yellow plane. The next reclassification of the state’s regions in the SP Plan is expected to occur until February 8, if the mayor’s request is not accepted.
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