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RIO – The Rio Justice Court ruled, on Wednesday, that the city of Armação de Búzios must reestablish the closure of activities in the city, due, according to the letter, to the expressive increase in the number of new cases in Covid-19. . The court decision is based on a Conduct Adjustment Term (TAC) signed with the Public Defender’s Office in June this year, and which, according to the text, would not have been fulfilled so far. The information was anticipated by Berenice Seara’s column, in EXTRA.
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In the document, Judge Raphael Baddini de Queiroz Campos recognizes that Búzios is on the red flag, “with a very high risk of collapse of the health network and the need for complete social isolation” and declares a state of calamity. According to the municipality, which is studying the possibility of appeal, the determination will take effect from this Thursday.
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The main points raised by the magistrate are in relation to the number of new cases registered in the last week, and the number of intensive care beds, which according to the Justice, has not been increased, even after having been claimed through the TAC. According to data from the municipality itself, between December 9 and December 16 (this Wednesday) 490 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were registered, which, according to the document, represents an increase of more than 3,700% in the figure. new infections in the same period of October.
“In an epidemiological week in October 2020, there were a dozen new cases for almost a dozen ICU beds supposedly available. In an epidemiological week in December 2020, on the eve of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, there are 453 (the magistrate added only until the 15th, this Tuesday) new cases for the same ‘almost dozens’ of ICU beds supposedly available, with an increase of 3775% in the number of new cases in a single week, to be covered by the same municipal public health system, ”wrote the judge .
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The restrictions
Entrance to the city and beaches
- The entry of persons into the municipality of Armação dos Búzios is expressly prohibited indefinitely, which does not apply to residents or citizens who carry out work activities, after proof.
- The entry of vehicles into the municipality of Armação dos Búzios, which carry out the following activities, is prohibited indefinitely: passenger transport upon request; inter-municipal public transport; individual passenger transport (taxi).
- It is forbidden for people to stay on the beaches, squares and other public places of the Municipality of Armação dos Búzios, as well as on the sports fields, in the internal areas of the residential condominiums, and citizens should go outside only for urgent activities , strictly related to food. , health and work.
- The following are suspended: each and every one of the private events that involve an agglomeration of people; celebration of religious services; parties, dances, concerts, fairs and the like.
- Official public events and meetings, carried out by the Public Administration, in an open environment, are allowed for matters related to coping with the coronavirus.
Commerce and hotels
- The decree suspends, indefinitely, face-to-face service to the public in commercial establishments; delivery remains released.
- The following establishments may operate: pharmacies; supermarkets, markets, fishmongers, fruit and vegetable fairs, fruits and vegetables, greengrocers, bakeries (and the like); stores that sell animal products; stores that sell mineral water; stores that sell gasoline; gas stations for filling vehicles;
- Hotels, inns, pensions, hostels, vacation rental apartments and the like will not be able to make new accommodations and / or reservations as of this Thursday, indefinitely.
The city council of Búzios stated that the decision “leads the municipality to immediately react with flexibility”, in relation to the operation and opening of the city, since Decree 1,366 promotes the closure of beaches, sports fields, commercial establishments and hotels, inns and other means of lodging. Restaurants can only operate on a delivery system and only stores that provide essential services, such as pharmacies, markets, fruits and vegetables, bakeries, animal products stores, gas and mineral water distributors are allowed, respecting the maximum occupancy of 30 people. % of its capacity.
The municipality also said it will comply with the court order, while the legal department looks at any appeals. The Municipality of Búzios added that, since October 21, the date on which the current administration took office, several items of the TAC have been met, such as the increase in the number of hospital beds for Covid-19 – contrary to what it says Justice – and the provision of a special care tent for patients with symptoms of the disease.
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The measures are valid, depending on the decision, until the end of December or until the municipality guarantees that the terms of the TAC are being met. However, it is not known with certainty how the municipality will act in relation to tourists who expected to spend the end of the year festivities in the city. It is known that, for New Year’s Eve, parties were already sold for more than R $ 3,000, with famous attractions on stage.
On social media, merchants have already scheduled a demonstration in front of the City Forum, “with masks, alcohol gel and social distance.”
It should be noted that the figures released by the city of Búzios differ from those contained in the State Secretariat of Health, and that they are used as a reference by the consortium of press vehicles to calculate the moving average. According to state government data, in the period between December 9 and this Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases jumped from 744 to 968, that is, 224 new cases.
