SC expands restrictions over the weekend and announces new measures against coronavirus



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Santa Catarina will have another weekend of restrictions. The measure was proposed by the state government in a meeting with mayors and entities this Wednesday (10). In addition, a dry law was established that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am throughout the state.

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For this weekend only those services and activities that are strictly necessary will be in operation. The actions were presented by the State Attorney General, Alisson de Bom de Souza, as a preliminary model of measures that can be adopted after the completion of Decree 1,168, this Thursday (11).

The proposal of the State Government also brings an extension of the use of 500 police officers exclusively for the inspection of the sanitary measures provided for in a decree.

In the case of public transport, there will be a 50% limitation on vehicle occupancy. Nightclubs, concerts and any type of gathering of people are still prohibited.

Valid for 15 days, they are effective until Thursday (11). The text determined the closure, for example, of party houses and restricted public transport capacity, in addition to a “blockade” in the last two weekends, when only services considered essential could operate. Even access to beaches, parks and squares was forbidden at the time. Inspection actions were also reinforced.

The meeting was attended by the Secretary of Health, André Motta Ribeiro, mayors of the 21 most important cities of SC, representatives of the Legislative Assembly, Federation of Municipalities of Santa Catarina and associations of town halls.

The mayors began by presenting the situation of their municipalities and regions. The entities and the secretary André Motta Ribeiro intervened.

How the NSC Total columnist advanced Dagmara spautzAmong the measures discussed at the meeting was the possibility of reissuing the decree that closed activities on weekends and the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages at night, throughout the state.

Police work must continue for another week. According to NSC Total columnist Renato Igor, 500 military policemen continued to dedicate themselves exclusively to the inspection of crowds and clandestine parties. The announcement should be made in the next few hours.

Before the meeting with the governor, the mayors of Greater Florianópolis met to discuss the demands of the region. The meeting took place in São José, the situation in the municipalities is worrying. In addition to the high number of active cases, more than 7 thousand, there are also bed capacity in public and private hospitals.

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Santa Catarina faces worst moment of the pandemic. Until Tuesday (9), 712,063 cases and 8,170 deaths from Covid-19. There are 395 people waiting for beds in the Intensive Care Unit.

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