Edinho announces restrictions on trade and non-essential services in Rio Preto

The mayor of Rio Preto, Edinho Araújo (MDB), announced on Tuesday 2, more restrictive measures to stop the advance of the pandemic in Rio Preto. The changes, which take effect from Wednesday 3, include the prohibition of face-to-face service in restaurants, cafeterias and commerce in general, in addition to the closure of beauty salons, hairdressers and gyms.

“We will have more restrictive measures, we will have to understand this moment, avoiding overcrowding, because contagion cannot get out of control. Overcrowding attracts disease and this uncontrolled increase makes our system [de saúde] don’t behave well, ”said Edinho.

Edinho affirmed that he shows “deep concern about the worsening of this crisis that has affected our city, Brazil and the world.” According to him, the number of hospitalizations has increased in recent days in Rio Preto. “The news we have from other states is that the health system has worsened, that it has already collapsed. And we want to prevent this from happening here in Rio Preto,” he said.

The mayor of Rio Preto also said that he has spoken with mayors of cities in the region. “We want the commitment of everyone, so that everyone can do their part in this war,” he said during the live held by the Facebook and YouTube page of the Rio Preto City Council on Tuesday.

The mayor of Rio Preto, councilor Pedro Roberto (Patriota), also participated in the live show and gave a speech defending the “union” at this time. “I am sure that, with unity and participation, we can get out of this situation,” he said.

More restrictive measures

Health Surveillance Manager Miriam Wowk explained that Health services, pharmacies, gas stations, convenience stores and hotels will be able to serve the public 24 hours a day..

Your Hypermarkets, supermarkets and bakeries can operate from 6 am to 10 pm. the Restaurants, cafeterias and mobile food services may work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for collection, without consumption on the spot.. After that time, they can only work on the delivery model.

Essential activities, including churches, can operate from 6 AM to 6 PM. M. At 6 p. M.. Non-essential activities, such as gyms, hairdressers and beauty salons, they will not be able to attend in person.

THE The stores can operate from 8 am to 6 pm, only with internal activities, without receiving the public in person, with deliveries via delivery.

What Schools remain with face-to-face activities with 35% of capacity.. Higher education courses in the health field continue with face-to-face activities, while other higher education courses are prohibited from face-to-face service.

ICU occupancy reaches 79.7% in DRS

On Monday 1, the occupancy of ICU beds for patients with Covid-19 in the Regional Department of Health (DRS) of Rio Preto, which covers 102 municipalities, reached 77.9%, an index that can lead the region to the Red phase of the São Paulo Plan: the state plan determines that the most restrictive phase must be adopted if the occupancy rate for ICU beds exceeds 75% in the DRS.

That same day, the Municipal Committee to Confront the Coronavirus sent Edinho, by unanimous decision, “proposals for the adoption of more restrictive measures to reduce the transmission of the virus.” The new restrictions were handed over to the mayor by the municipal health secretary, Aldenis Borim.

“We are experiencing a skyrocketing increase in serious cases,” Aldenis said. The secretary also said the number of hospitalizations exceeded the rate recorded at the peak of the pandemic last year. “The time has come for us to act very hard so that this does not continue. If we continue as we are, mathematically 12 thousand new cases are expected for the month of March. Of these 12 thousand cases, at least 2 thousand need and of those 2 thousand, a third will need an ICU “, he said in defense of” serious “restrictive measures to reduce viral circulation.

Only in Río Preto, according to data from the Municipal Health Secretariat, the city had, as of Monday 1, 329 patients resident in the city hospitalized with symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), including suspected and confirmed cases of Covid- 19. Of these, 128 were in intensive care unit (ICU) beds and 201 in nursing beds.

Edinho announces opening of beds

To account for the increase in hospitalizations in Río Preto, Mayor Edinho Araújo authorized, on Monday 1, the opening of another 30 beds of the intensive care unit (ICU) in the municipality, 20 of which in the Emergency Unit (UPA). ) in the Santo Antônio neighborhood and another 10 in the Basic Health Unit (UBS) of the Fraternidade.

“This opening will be gradual, because we are not getting the necessary equipment to open the 50 beds at once,” said the Secretary of Health. “Probably tomorrow or Thursday we can open 13 ICU beds at the Santo Antônio UPA”. Aldenis added.

Edinho also authorized the opening of another 20 nursing beds, 10 of which in the Luz da Esperança health unit and 10 in a place yet to be defined.

Doctors urgently defend restrictions

This Tuesday morning, the Rio Preto regional office of the Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM) issued a note defending the “urgent” adoption of more restrictive measures to contain the advance of the coronavirus in the region.

In a statement, the organization said that, as a consequence of the increase in the number of serious cases of coronavirus, with the imminent overload of public and complementary health systems in the region, more restrictive measures must be urgently adopted “with a view to what momentary”. interruption of viral transmission “.

According to the APM, the opening of new beds provides greater hospitalization capacity, but the entity considers that there is a shortage of health professionals with the appropriate qualifications for the management of these patients.

Thus, despite the start of vaccination, we understand that the immunization scenario of the population will continue for months, and the restriction period should be used to emphasize the need to avoid crowds, respect the occupancy limits in closed places, reinforce the use of masks and alcohol gel. How many more deaths will it take to demand tougher measures to combat the pandemic? ”, Concludes the note.