Government of SP puts the state in the red quarantine phase on weekends and from 8 pm on weekdays | Saint Paul

At this stage, only essential services, such as bakeries, markets and pharmacies, are authorized. Already bars, restaurants and shops cannot work.

• The Government of SP says that ICU beds can be finished in 28 days and announces the reopening of the Campanha Hospital in Heliópolis.

The measure will be valid statewide on the weekends of January 30 and 31 and February 6 and 7.

In the capital, initially the government had informed that Monday (25), being a holiday of the anniversary of the city, would count as a red phase, that is, the same rule of the weekend. However, it was later reported that, on Monday, the red phase restrictions will be valid from 8 pm, as in other municipalities.

The government of São Paulo also announced on Friday (22) the postponement of the start of classes in the state network, scheduled for February 1, and suspended the mandatory return of students from all schools in the state during the phases. Orange and red quarantine.

With the new determination, the forecast is for classes to begin on February 8. Authorization for private and municipal schools to return to classes on February 1 was maintained.

The coordinator of the Covid-19 Contingency Center, João Gabbardo, asked people not to wait for the government decree to be formalized to start taking care that they can help reduce the transmission of Covid-19.

“Some measures may be implemented in the coming days in addition to those we are taking today. If the indicators do not improve, if people do not change their behavior, for example, we will not wait until Monday to start complying with the Measures announced today,” he said. Gabbardo.

This Friday, six new regions of the state fell back to the red phase: Franca, Presidente Prudente, Barretos, Bauru, Sorocaba, Taubaté. The Marília region was already at this stage and will continue to be (See updated statewide ranking list below.)

Furthermore, with reclassification, five regions regressed from yellow to orange phase. (which prohibits the operation of bars): Araraquara, Baixada Santista, Campinas, Greater São Paulo and São João da Boa Vista.

In early January, the government made changes to the rules for operating the orange phase and made it more permissive.

At the press conference, the Secretary of Economic Development, Patrícia Ellen, said that bars will be able to operate in the orange phase only if they operate as restaurants. According to her, these establishments can operate during restaurant hours, if they serve food to customers who are seated.

Since the beginning of the year, the government of São Paulo has been performing weekly reclassifications. At the end of 2020, state management even put the state in the red phase during the Christmas season to try to avoid crowds and consequently the risks of contamination.

The last reclassification of the São Paulo Plan took place on January 15.

The São Paulo Plan foresees the degradation to phases with more restrictive quarantine rules in regions that have a large weekly increase in new admissions, deaths, cases or bed occupancy rates in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

In addition to the reclassification, the government of São Paulo also announced on Friday (22) new restrictions to combat the advance of the pandemic. Elective surgeries are canceled in all public and accredited hospitals in the state and the Heliópolis Campaign Hospital in the capital will be reactivated.

In addition, the parameter of the bed occupancy rate of the Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the red phase went from 80 to 75% and no region will be able to go to the green and yellow phases before February 8.

• The parameter of the bed occupancy rate of the Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the red phase went from 80 to 75%.
• No region can go through the green and yellow phases before February 8.
• Red phase of the economic relaxation plan on weekends and holidays. On weekdays, the red stage will be valid from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The state of São Paulo may exhaust its bed capacity in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in 28 days, if the current rate of new admissions due to Covid-19 continues. The calculation, made by the state government, was presented at a press conference this Friday (22).

“Without new restrictive measures and with this behavior that we have adopted in recent weeks we see that we would have it in 28 days, what would happen is that the state could have a depletion of ICU Covid beds. So this is what we are avoiding here, ”said Economic Development Secretary Patrícia Ellen.

“We cannot wait to take more action, we all know that what happens today is reflected in the health system in two or three weeks and, therefore, these measures are being taken now. If today’s behavior continues, we would risk collapsing in four weeks and that is what we are doing here to avoid, “he added.

The state already records daily average of deaths from Covid-19 more than 200 for more than 13 days in a row, which hasn’t happened since September 2020.

Both new deaths and new cases of coronavirus are trending upward. On Tuesday, SP surpassed the mark of 50 thousand deaths caused by the disease.

Current state classification

Red: only essential services work

• Marilia
• Frank
• Prudent President
• Barretos
• Bauru
• Sorocaba
• Taubate

Orange: bars do not open and other services operate with time and capacity restrictions.

• Sao Paulo big
• Aracatuba
• Piracicaba
• Ribeirão Preto
• Sao Jose do Rio Preto
• Registry
• Araraquara
• Baixada Santista
• Campinas
• Sao Joao da Boa Vista

What works in the orange phase

(This phase changed on January 5 and has become more permissive.)

• Now all sectors of commerce and services are allowed. The exception is face-to-face service in bars, which is still prohibited.
• Occupancy capacity: before it was 20% and goes to 40% in all sectors.
• Maximum operation: extended from 4 to 8 hours a day.
• Closing time: the face-to-face service can only be carried out until 8:00 p.m.
• State parks, beauty salons and gyms – May open.

What works in the yellow phase

• Maximum capacity is now limited to 40% occupancy for all sectors. Before, the percentage varied by sector: gyms could operate with only 30% occupancy, for example.
• The face-to-face service to the public can only be performed until 10:00 p.m. in all sectors, except the bar sector, which can operate until 8:00 p.m.
• Opening hours are limited to 10 hours a day for all sectors. Before, the hours varied according to the sector.

Essential services that can work in the red phase

• Pharmacy
• Markets
• Bakeries
• Butcher shop
• Gas stations
• Laundries
• Public transportation, such as buses, trains, and subways
• Carriers, vehicle workshops
• Religious activities
• Hotels, inns and other hotel services.
• Banks
• Pet Shop

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