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With one door open and the other closed, Camily Lino, 22, observes the weak movement of customers in the center of Sorocaba, the fourth largest city in the interior of São Paulo, which is still in the red phase of Plan São Paulo, from economics recovery. To your right, a completely closed shop. On the left, another totally open, with promotions and background music.
“We don’t know how it is, what it will be like. The owner [da loja de roupas] he is afraid of being fined, but he is also afraid of closing and not opening more. Nobody wants to be out of work, right? “, He says.
Seven regions of São Paulo spent the last week in the red phase, the most restrictive of the plan, in which only essential services can open. With the success of the measures and the fall of the indicators, according to the government, Sorocaba and Presidente Prudente will return to orange as of tomorrow.
THE Twitter He went to seven cities in the Sorocaba region on Thursday (28) and realized that the government’s plan is not always followed.
In Sorocaba (SP), some traders closed and others challenged the red phase of the SP Plan
Image: Lucas Borges Teixeira / UOL
“I’m irregular, right?” Laments the owner of a restaurant in downtown Sorocaba, who preferred not to be identified. He released the back tables for people to eat in person – a practice that is prohibited in the red phase – and says he feels uncomfortable, but argues that he sees “no other way out.” According to him, even a military policeman and a councilman have already eaten there during the week.
I’ve been here 28 years, never delayed an account. Now, I owe it to the bank and the little that goes in goes there. I understand your part [governo], but I have bills to pay, two registered employees. We are small, we have no other choice.
Restaurant owner in Sorocaba (SP)
“Nobody closed here”
In Araçariguama, a municipality of 22 thousand inhabitants, 60 km from São Paulo, life remained normal during the week thanks to a City Council decree. Stores were open, as were hair salons and table-service restaurants.
“We closed last year. That year, no one closed. Was it to close?” Joked an employee of a clothing store, who declined to be named.
The City Council has published a decree that allows companies to operate until 8 pm from Sunday to Thursday and until 9 pm on weekends, while supermarkets can open until midnight. The only closed store in the city recorded by the report was that of a large wholesaler.
In Araçariguama (SP), the trade opened normally even with the determination to close due to the red phase
Image: Lucas Borges Teixeira / UOL
The perception of traders is that “little ones” suffer the most from restrictive measures and, therefore, may attempt to evade inspection. “There is always more for us,” complained Sergio Katsui, 61, owner of a children’s material store in Itu.
In Salto, with 120,000 inhabitants, commerce also functioned normally. In Mairinque, 47 thousand, most were closed, but there were still some challengers.
With supervision, it works
Of the seven cities visited by the report, three strictly followed the red phase: Alumínio, Itu and São Roque. In common, stores with WhatsApp numbers on the doors, some calls for help and reports of intense inspection.
“The inspector checks and even asks me if I have alcohol gel,” says José Buturi, 60, owner of an electrical appliance store in São Roque, 70 km from São Paulo.
He says he understands the moment as “complicated” and regrets the future. “I feel sorry for my teammates. The one on the side is trying to sell by phone and the one on the front is completely closed. He doesn’t know if he will return, ”says the merchant, pointing to the closed door. stories.
With high supervision, the merchants of São Roque (SP) closed their doors for the red phase of the SP Plan
Image: Lucas Borges Teixeira / UOL
Nearby, in the small Alumínio, with 18 thousand inhabitants, the plan is being followed so strictly that the variety store where Iara Alves, 29, works, is partially open: they can only sell food, the rest is covered by a black cloth.
“The competitor saw us open and reported it. But we have food, we can. Even so, the inspector wanted to close it, so we covered the rest of the items, ”he says.
She and her colleague had just put up a banner asking the population to calm down. “It is against each other, but it is not our fault. Everyone is angry because São Paulo [capital] It’s open and a little town like that, no, “he says.
Five factors to change phase
The São Paulo Plan, presented by the São Paulo government in the middle of last year, takes into account five factors to classify the 17 regions.
In the penultimate reclassification, Sorocaba had an occupancy rate of 76.9% in ICU (intensive care units), above the 75% established for the red phase, while Greater São Paulo had 71.6%. Last Friday (29), the rate fell to 72.4%, which allowed, as of tomorrow, the region to turn orange again.
In the reclassification of the SP Plan last Friday (29), Sorocaba and Presidente Prudente went from the red phase to the orange phase
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The municipalities also question the plan
It is not just the merchants who face the plan. In some cases, the challenge occurs institutionally, as in Araçariguama. In Bauru, 350 km from São Paulo, the city also defied the government and freed trade, with the support even of a public health promoter, according to local press.
As promised, the state government called Justice and, last Friday, the TJ-SP (São Paulo Court of Justice) determined that the city of 380,000 inhabitants follow the recommendations of the SP Plan. According to the latest classification, the region has the worst ICU occupancy rate, with 86.2% of beds not available.
“In four days [até 27/01] the number of cases increased by more than 8% [em Bauru]. This increase in cases will cause an increase in hospitalizations and deaths, ”said João Gabbardo, executive coordinator of the Contingency Center, commenting on the case of Bauru last Wednesday (27).
In the government, these prefectures are treated as rare bad examples. Most comply with the state decree.
THE Twitter searched the municipalities of Bauru, Araçariguama and other cities in which open stores were registered to find out positions and inspection measures, but there was no response until the report was closed.
The government says it won’t move
The João Doria government (PSDB) does not think about making possible adaptations that could loosen the SP Plan, but it also rules out a blockade. The evaluation in the Palácio dos Bandeirantes is that the daily monitoring of the regions has been sufficient to prevent the pandemic from advancing in the state.
It’s bad for them [pequenos comerciantes], it’s bad for everyone. But we will not make concessions. The government of Amazonas made concessions and see what happened.
Jean Gorinchteyn, Secretary of Health of São Paulo
To cope with the increase in hospitalizations, which has remained above 70% of occupancy in several regions, similar to that registered in May, the government increased the number of beds (250 more this year). In the latest update, the state’s general index fell to 69.9%, even higher than the entire second half of 2020.
The moving average of deaths in the state is at the level of August 2020 and the transmission rate surpassed the ceiling (with a rate of 1.06) in the state for the first time, according to the Info Tracker, developed by the state universities Unesp and USP . .
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