RJ makes study for ‘confinement’ in the state | Rio de Janeiro

Among the measures studied for a possible closure are:

• road blockade;
• express prohibition of the movement of people and private vehicles, with the exception of security, health, food purchases and home deliveries;

The government also stated that the study is being coordinated by the Office of Monitoring and Inspection to combat Covid-19 and will gather information from the state departments of Government, Health, Economic Development, Energy and International Relations, Transportation, Military Police, Civil Police, Department of Military Firefighters and Civil Defense.

Also according to the state executive, “measures are also being studied to end isolation, with actions aimed at the health of the population and the resumption of the Rio de Janeiro economy, with a slow and gradual opening, regionalized and accompanied by measures of solid inspection and application of sanctions “.

Previously, the Rio de Janeiro State Public Ministry (MPRJ) reported that Governor Wilson Witzel warned the agency that his team was making a “content proposal with subsidies” for the decree to be enacted. emergency shutdown – total isolation – in the state.

A deadline for submitting the proposal was not disclosed.

The MP reported on the study the day after sending a Fiocruz survey to the state that indicated the need to adopt emergency shutdown.

Emergency shutdown It is an expression in English that, in literal translation, means confinement or total closure. It has been used frequently since the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic, a disease caused by the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2).

Although it does not have a single definition, the “blockade” is, in practice, the most radical measure imposed by governments so that there is a social distance, a kind of total blockade in which people should, in general, stay at home .

Each country or region defines how this closure will take place and which services are considered essential and which continue to operate.