Government of the SP puts the whole state in the yellow phase of the flexibilization plan and reclassifications become monthly | Saint Paul

As a result, the entire state of São Paulo is for the first time in the yellow phase of the plan’s classification, which allows operating bars, restaurants, shops and other non-essential activities.

Franca and Ribeirão Preto were the only regions in the orange phase and they changed to yellow this Friday (11). Last Friday (4), the Ribeirão Preto region had been the only one to regress from the yellow phase to the orange phase, due to an increase in the number of cases and in the weekly variation of deaths.

For the regions to evolve to the green phase, where events, conventions and cultural activities with permanent public are allowed, a stability of 28 days in the yellow phase is necessary. For this reason, the state administration also announced on Friday (11) that changes to the São Paulo Plan for the evolution of the phase will occur once a month. The old rule allowed changes to be made every two weeks for the evolution of the phase.

“This new classification is equivalent to healthcare, with a reasonable and more stable economic activity and it also encourages the committee to monitor the indicators of the pandemic in the next 4 weeks, also to understand what the impact of the beds will be. Covid for other indicators of health system diseases, considering that today we have more than 2,000 intensive care beds reserved for covid in the state of São Paulo, this dimension will have to be expanded. And we must also ensure that we will work with greater security in the migration from the yellow phase to the green phase and then to the blue phase ”, said the coordinator of the Covid Contingency Center, José Medina.

Regression of a region to a more restricted phase of quarantine can occur at any time, however, only if the reclassification is for the red phase. In practice, the regions that worsen in the indices will not go backwards, unless the worsening is so great that it takes the numbers to the red stage.

“If there is a significant worsening of the indicators, we will maintain the rule of immediate degradation to the red phase in any region of the state. Therefore, there will be no return to the orange phase, which increases the responsibility of mayors, mayors and the own population “. , highlighted the Governor João Doria this Friday (11).

The classification of all the regions in the yellow phase of the São Paulo Plan this Friday, occurred even after the registration of agglomerations during the long national holiday of September 7.

During the period, the government carried out Operation Independence, which reinforced police surveillance in tourist cities in the state to try to avoid crowds during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this, Sunday (6) was marked by a large presence of tourists on the beaches of the São Paulo coast. Thousands of bathers filled the beaches of Santos, on the São Paulo coast, on the second day of a long Independence party.

The city’s Municipal Civil Guard (GCM) fined residents and tourists who once again failed to comply with the mandatory use of face protection masks and avoid crowds.

This was the fourth reclassification in the São Paulo Plan after changes in the classification process made by management on July 27, which changed the criteria of the monitored indices, such as, for example, the maximum percentage of occupied ICU beds. allowed in the yellow and yellow phases. green.

The change made by the direction of João Doria (PSDB) in the ICU bed occupancy rules and the margin of error in the criteria for the evolution of the epidemic allowed the regions to move more easily into the yellow phase. With the update of the São Paulo Plan this Friday (21), the percentage of the population of São Paulo living in the regions classified in the yellow phase has increased to 88%. Before, there were 86% of the state’s residents.

Last Friday (4) the government of São Paulo made new changes to the São Paulo Plan. With them, 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. This new criterion will overlap with the others, that is, if deaths and hospitalizations are below this level, the regions will not fall back to more restricted quarantine phases.

The change changes the logic of the plan, since two of the main criteria of the São Paulo Plan were the variation in new hospitalizations, compared to the previous week, and the variation in new confirmed deaths, compared to the previous week.

Main changes in the classification criteria of the São Paulo Plan:

• The maximum occupancy rate of the UCI for a region to go from the orange phase to the yellow phase went from 70% to 75%.
• The maximum occupancy rate of the UCI for a region to go from the yellow phase to the green phase went from 60% to a percentage between 70% and 75%.
• The regions cannot move forward or backward in phase per percentage point, so the management has developed a margin of error of 0.1 for the criteria for the evolution of the epidemic and 2.5 for the capacity of the health system.
• The criteria of death and hospitalization per 100,000 inhabitants were added so that a region goes from the yellow phase to the green phase.
• Regions must spend 28 consecutive days in the yellow phase before moving to the green phase.
• 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.

Yellow phase regions:

• Baixada Santista
• Municipality of São Paulo
• Eastern subregion of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (RMSP)
• Southeastern subregion of the RMSP
• Southwest subregion of the RMSP
• Western subregion of the RMSP
• Northern subregion of the MRSP
• Araraquara
• Aracatuba
• Barretos
• Piracicaba
• Bauru
• Sorocaba
• Campinas
• Taubate
• Marilia
• Prudent President
• Sao Jose do Rio Preto
• Sao Joao da Boa Vista
• Registry
• Frank
• Ribeirão Preto

To begin the reopening of the state on June 1, the government divided the territory according to the 17 Regional Health Divisions (DRS). Greater São Paulo was subdivided into 6 other regions, one for the capital and another 5 for each group of cities in the Metropolitan Region. Quarantine flexibility is done differently in each of these regions.

The criteria underlying the classification of regions are:

• bed occupancy in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU);
• total beds per 100 thousand inhabitants;
• variation in new admissions compared to the previous week;
• variation of new confirmed cases compared to the previous week;
• variation in new confirmed deaths compared to the previous week.
• In the green phase, deaths and cases are also considered per 100 thousand inhabitants;
• 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.

These criteria define which of the five phases of reopening permits the region is in:

• Phase 1 – Red: High Alert
• Phase 2 – Orange: Control
• Phase 3 – Yellow: Flexibility
• Phase 4 – Green: Partial opening
• Phase 5 – Blue: Normal controlled

Reopening of sectors of the economy:

• Red phase: only essential services are allowed to function.
• Orange phase: Real estate agents, dealers, offices, shops and shopping centers can also reopen, but with restrictions.
• Yellow phase: Beauty salons, bars, restaurants, gyms, parks and cultural activities with a seated public can also reopen, but with restrictions.
• Green phase: Events, conventions and cultural activities with standing public can also be reopened, which can happen again when there is a four-week stability of the state of São Paulo in the green phase (4), also with restrictions.

‘Puerto Madero’ on the Pinheiros river

This Friday (4), João Doria (PSDB) announced that the government of São Paulo has taken one more step to implement the “Puerto Madero” of São Paulo as a leisure area for the population. According to the governor, the bidding process for the concession of the Traição Plant, where the project will be developed, was concluded with a company chosen in the tender, after offering 1,900% more than expected.

“The former Traição Plant, now São Paulo Usina, was granted to the private sector for 22 years, with a proposal of R $ 280 million, 1,900% of the goodwill over the original amount. This is the donation, it is the money that the public sector will receive for the exploration of Usina São Paulo from the private sector. And more: 8% of varied subsidy also for EMAI, according to the results of the exploration of the plant “, said Doria in a press conference with Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB).

The project was announced by the governor last year, when he said it was inspired by the Argentine neighborhood that has a port on the banks of the Río de la Plata. The place, full of bars and restaurants, has become a tourist spot in Buenos Aires, and Doria wants the same thing next to the Pinheiros River, near the Ary Torres Bridge, in the South Zone of the capital.

* With the supervision of Cíntia Acayaba.