Sanitary surveillance fine bar with crowds of people in the North Zone of SP on the 2nd day of the red quarantine phase in SP | Saint Paul

According to the rules of the state administration’s economic flexibility plan, only essential services such as bakeries, pharmacies and markets can operate until this Sunday (27). The measure enters into force on January 1, 2 and 3 (read below).

A GloboNews team captured the moment when the military police arrived at the Poderoso bar, on Luiz Dummont Villares Avenue, in Jardim São Paulo, Santana region, around 5:30 pm. The PMs spoke to whoever seemed to be in charge of the bar, the music was reduced and the police left minutes later. Then the sound rang out again and more customers arrived.

Around 7:30 pm, the PM returned with more vehicles and closed the street from the bar. Everyone on the terrace came down and drew the curtains. Then, the PM entered the establishment to accompany the sanitary surveillance inspectors.

The surveillance representative told GloboNews that the manager would be taken to the police station. The owner of the bar must answer for violating the São Paulo plan, disrespect for the distance, wearing a mask, crowding and disrespect for the smoke-free law. When I entered the bar, there were 125 customers and 25 employees.

The bar was fined for receiving about 30 customers without a mask, which generates a total fine of about R $ 150 thousand. A police report will be opened in the 20th Police District, on Água Branca Avenue.

The bar has just closed its doors, but it is not sealed. According to state surveillance, this is the responsibility of the city of São Paulo, which was not present.

The prime minister said, in a note, that he provides support to health surveillance agencies and advises the public on ways to prevent Covid-19.

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Military Police has provided support to municipal and health surveillance agencies, in charge of inspections and other actions that aim to stop the concentration of people. In parallel, the PM carries out work to orient citizens on the ways to prevent new coronavirus and the importance of social isolation. This action is carried out through sound alerts emitted by patrol vehicles and when necessary it is intensified “, says the text.

Several stores in the central region and the West Zone of São Paulo continued their operation on Saturday (26), despite the restrictions imposed by the state government. In Lapa, some operated with the doors partially open.

The movement was also intense in the Ibirapuera Park region, in the South Zone of the capital, which remains closed due to the temporary tightening of the quarantine throughout the state.

The mayors of 18 municipalities chose not to follow the determination of the state government that put all the municipalities of the state in the red phase of the São Paulo plan during the Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties.

Among the cities that did not adhere to the state determination are Mogi das Cruzes and Cotia, in Greater São Paulo, and Bertioga, Cubatão, Guarujá, Itanhaém, Mongaguá, Peruíbe, Praia Grande, Santos, São Vicente, São Sebastião, Caraguatatuba and Ubatuba, on the São Paulo coast.

The municipalities that did not adhere to the state determination will keep the cities in the yellow phase of the São Paulo Plan, which allows the opening of bars, restaurants, gyms, beauty salons and shops.

In a note published on Friday night (25), the state government of SP said that it “expects the municipalities to respect the classification of the SP Plan.” “The Regional Development Secretariat dialogues and notifies the municipalities that do not follow the Plan,” reported Palácio dos Bandeirantes.

A decree published by the City of Caraguatatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo, determined that at Christmas the store will operate according to the rules of the yellow phase, while on the New Year the store will close from 8 pm on the 31st. December at 12 pm. January 1st. According to the municipal administration, the main concern is the agglomeration that can form at the turn of the year.

The City of São Sebastião informed that it will install orientation barriers as of December 26 to guide tourists who will enter the city in the coming days. The Ubatuba City Council said that it will notice the movement of tourists in the city to know where it will act.

Nine mayors of Baixada Santista, on the coast of São Paulo, announced on Wednesday (23) that the beaches will be closed on December 31 and January 1 and that they are waiting for government support to implement the new restriction measures in the region. . The cities are: Santos, São Vicente, Cubatão, Peruíbe, Itanhaém, Guarujá, Praia Grande, Bertioga and Mongaguá.

The temporary reclassification was announced on Tuesday (22) by the authorities after an increase in the number of cases and deaths from Covid-19 in recent weeks in the state.

One of the government’s goals is to prevent the spread of the virus during the Christmas season. In this way, it would reduce, for example, the occupation of hospitals with Covid-19 patients.

The red phase is the most restrictive of the João Doria government’s (PSDB) containment plan against the spread of Covid-19. See below what opens and closes in this red phase, which mainly affects companies and services in general. Only essential services can work at this stage.

See below the rules of the red phase of quarantine in São Paulo:

They can work on December 25, 26 and 27 and January 1, 2 and 3:

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

Do not open on December 25, 26 and 27 and January 1, 2 and 3:

• Malls;
• Stories;
• Concessionaires;
• Offices;
• Bars, restaurants and cafeterias (except at home);
• Academies;
• Beauty salons and hairdressers;
• Cinemas, theaters and other cultural establishments.

The change will not be temporary for Presidente Prudente. Due to the progress of cases and the lack of ICU beds, the region will continue to be, until the next reclassification, in the red phase, the most restrictive of the economic flexibility plan.

Red, yellow and green phases

The government also announced on Tuesday (22) that in January no region will go to the green phase, the least restrictive, and that the state reclassification, which was scheduled for next January 4, was postponed to January 7. The changes were announced by members of the Covid-19 Contingency Center, at the Butantan Institute headquarters, last Tuesday.

In the last four weeks, São Paulo registered a 34% increase in the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus, according to state government data. In the same period, the number of cases grew 54% and hospitalizations for Covid-19 increased 13% statewide.