ABC cities decide to adopt stricter quarantine rules to contain the advance of Covid-19 | Saint Paul

The Big ABC Consortium, which brings together the mayors of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, Diadema, Mauá, Ribeirão Pires and Rio Grande da Serra, met during the afternoon to announce the measures. The concern is primarily with the increase in admissions for Covid-19 suspected or confirmed.

It was decided by the Big ABC Consortium:

• Cinemas and theaters will be closed in all cities, except Santo André, which will continue to dialogue with the sector.
• Electronic games, bowling, and valet service are prohibited in all cities.
• Sports clubs will not be able to function for team sports such as soccer, nor a swimming pool and changing room.
• Face-to-face graduation events are prohibited.
• Churches: each city will talk with groups to find the most effective measure

The average occupancy rate of ICU beds for Covid-19 at ABC is 57.2%. The worst situation is in Mauá, which has 91.5% of occupied places. São Bernardo has a rate of 60.7% and Santo André of 66.94%.

This Monday (30), the government of São Paulo put the entire state in the yellow phase of the easing plan economic. The announcement was made during an early afternoon press conference. The state has recorded 42,095 deaths from Covid-19 and 1.24 million confirmed cases of the disease since the start of the pandemic.

The yellow phase in the easing plan is more restrictive than the green phase – where in the state was it until this second – and further limits the opening hours of shops and services, for example. Six regions, including the capital of São Paulo, fall back from the green phase to the yellow phase, starting this Wednesday (2). The remaining 11 regions, which were already in the yellow phase, do not advance and continue in the same stage.

In addition, the government once again modified the reclassification criteria. If the previous parameters had been maintained, Greater São Paulo, which included the capital, would have worsened enough to migrate to the even more restrictive orange phase. (read below).

What changes in the inversion from the green to yellow phase?

• The occupancy capacity of the establishments increases from 60% to 40%;
• Maximum operation reduced from 12 to 10 hours a day;
• The establishments can operate until 10 pm and no more until 11 pm;
• Permanent hearing events are now prohibited;

According to the São Paulo Plan, cinemas, theaters and museums can remain open in the yellow phase. However, municipalities have autonomy to decide what and when to reopen. In the São Paulo capital, Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB) determined that the opening of the cultural sectors would only occur when the city was in the green phase.

In the yellow phase, the opening of public and private educational institutions in the state is allowed. Therefore, the schools will continue to function. “This move to the yellow phase does not change the back to school schedule and schools will not be closed,” Doria said.

The governor also announced that the data analysis time will stop being every 28 days and will become every 7 days. However, the next ordinary reclassification is scheduled for January 4. According to the government, there will only be a weekly reclassification in case of deterioration, do not advance.

Increase in hospitalization rates

Doria said that he will hold a meeting on Tuesday (1) with 62 mayors of cities that have shown an increase in hospitalization and bed occupancy rates in the state of São Paulo.

Tomorrow, at 4:00 p.m., the government will hold a virtual meeting with 62 mayors from 62 cities that have shown an increase in hospitalization and bed occupancy rates, with the aim of improving control of the pandemic in these municipalities and provide them, if necessary, support. so they can follow the guidelines of the state government, “said Doria.

Although private hospitals have already warned of an increase in hospitalizations for Covid-19, the state government only admitted an 18% increase on November 16. On Monday, the Secretary of Economic Development, Patrícia Ellen, said that there was another increase in the last week.

“We recorded the week [epidemiológica] 46 [de 8 a 14 de novembro] an increase in hospitalizations of 18%. In week 47, which was the week before, the revenue increased by 17%. In the last week, the increase of 7%. Although it is an increase that is not so drastic, not even close to what is happening in Europe, it is an increase. This increase leads us to the need to reapply the rules of the stability period of the security pandemic, ”he said.

Last week, the government health committee had already recommended increasing restrictions on movement in the state to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Despite the warning, the decision was postponed to be made only after the second round of municipal elections.

If the previous rules of the São Paulo Plan had been maintained, the capital and the municipalities of Greater São Paulo would have until this Sunday (29) pandemic rates compatible with the orange phase of the plan, mainly thanks to the worsening of hospitalizations. The data were calculated by the TV Globo production based on the official rules of Plano SP, which were in force until the last reclassification, on October 10.

In this second, however, the new change to analyze the criteria every seven days, and not every 28, allowed the entire state to be classified in the yellow phase.

Even with state permits, the city of São Bernardo do Campo, on ABC Paulista, had already decided on Friday (27) to tighten the rules for the commerce and services sectors as of this Monday (30).

The reclassification of the regions of the state of São Paulo in the plan to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic was expected to occur on November 16, but was postponed until this Monday (30).

At that time, the state administration justified the change in the data blackout that caused instability in the Sivep-Flu system of the Ministry of Health on November 5. At that time, the São Paulo state government arrived up to five days without updating the Covid-19 data.

The São Paulo Plan regulates quarantine throughout the state, classifies the regions of the state in color, determining which locations can advance the measures to reopen the economy. The criteria underlying the classification of regions are:

• Occupancy of beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU);
• Total beds per 100 thousand inhabitants;
• Variation of new admissions, compared to the previous week;
• Variation of new confirmed cases, compared to the previous week;
• Variation of new confirmed deaths, compared to the previous week.
• In the green phase, deaths and cases per 100,000 inhabitants are also considered.
• The regions that reach phases 3 (Yellow) or 4 (Green) will remain in these phases as long as they have weekly indicators below 40 hospitalizations for Covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants and 5 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.