SP suspends religious services, sports championships and determines emergency phase of quarantine | Saint Paul

The management of João Doria (PSDB) suspended release for services, masses and other collective religious activities, in addition to all sporting events, such as soccer games, and instituted a curfew from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am

However, the state government has not clarified what changes with the change from “moderating touch” to “curfew.”

When the so-called “restriction network” was announced, the government announced the creation of a working group to expand inspection of establishments, but the Military Police did not have the task of prohibiting the movement of people during restricted hours.

Some services that were on the list of those considered essential, such as building materials stores, have been excluded and are expected to remain closed.

The Mandatory teleworking for non-essential administrative activities, e The face-to-face withdrawal of the merchandise is prohibited. in stores or restaurants. Only delivery services can operate.

In education, the government recommended that the priority should be distance education, but He maintained the authorization for municipal and private schools to operate at 35% of their capacity..

Already in the state public network, the units will be open only for the offer of meals and distribution of material, which must be done through prior programming, since the government decided to anticipate the April and October breaks for the period from March 15 to 28, without prejudice to the school calendar.

Educational and religious activities have been included by state decrees in the list of essential services.

• Religious activities, such as Masses and services, may no longer be held in person.
• Sports championships, like football matches, are suspended.
• State schools will be open only for the provision of meals. The private network will be able to serve students of parents who need to work outdoors, with a limit of 35% of the capacity
• Building materials stores will not be able to open
• Mandatory teleworking for non-essential administrative activities
• Merchants will not be able to operate with a face-to-face collection service, only delivery

Doria opened the conference with a sad tone saying that the state reached the most critical moment of the pandemic and showed a video with people admitted to hospitals with maximum capacity.

“Personally, I am very sad to announce what we have to announce here before, but our priority since March of last year has been and continues to be to preserve people, preserve lives,” said the governor.

The Secretary of State for Health, Jean Gorinchteyn, pointed out that the state is facing the worst moment of the pandemic.

“Today, 53 municipalities have an occupancy rate of 100%. Remembering that on Monday we had 31 municipalities in this situation ”.

At the beginning of the week, the courts had already prohibited teachers from being called to attend face-to-face activities in public and private schools in the state.

The closure of all sectors, including schools, was even defended by the Attorney General, Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, who sent a recommendation to the governor.

Since last Saturday (6), the entire state is in the red phase, considered until then the most restrictive by the SP Plan.

As a general rule, the red phase only authorizes the operation of the health, transport, press, establishments such as bakeries, markets, pharmacies and gas stations.

Schools and religious activities have been added to the list by state decrees. (see full list below).

Despite the red phase, the situation in the state worsens every day.

A survey conducted by G1 on Tuesday indicates that at least 38 patients with Covid-19 died on the waiting list for beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the state of São Paulo in the first nine days of March..

The deaths of patients awaiting release from intensive beds occurred in cities located in Greater São Paulo and in the interior of the state.

This Wednesday (10), São Paulo had the highest moving average of deaths in the entire pandemic. The index surpassed the record of August 2020, when it reached 289 daily deaths, for the third day in a row.

The moving average, which takes into account the records of the last seven days and minimizes the differences in notifications, was 312 daily deaths this Wednesday.

It was the first time that the index exceeded 300 deaths. The figure represents an increase of 34% in relation to what was seen 14 days ago, which, according to experts, indicates an upward trend.

The state also recorded 517 new deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, in addition to 16,058 new confirmed cases of the disease.

The ICU occupancy rate in the state of São Paulo also reached its highest historical rate, with 82% of the beds occupied. In Greater São Paulo, the average rate is 83.6%.

The capacity also shakes the private network of the São Paulo capital. This Tuesday, the Sírio-Libanês hospital announced measures to expand the accommodation of patients with Covid-19, given the high bed occupancy rate.

Elective aesthetic and functional surgeries and image-guided intervention were discontinued, as well as elective colonoscopy, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, and outpatient polysomnography.

In the public network of the capital, the city will begin to transfer patients without Covid from the municipal network to private hospitals and free beds for the disease in the SUS.

What can work in the red phase:

• Private schools, with 35% capacity
• Hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, dentists and animal health establishments (veterinarians)
• Supermarkets, hypermarkets, butchers and bakeries, accessories stores, markets
• Delivery to bars, cafes and restaurants
• Supply chain and logistics, agricultural production and agribusiness, transporters, warehouses, gas stations
• Car rental companies, vehicle workshops, mass public transport, taxis, transport applications, delivery services and parking
• Public and private security services
• Construction and industry
• Media, journalism, radio broadcasting and sound and image companies
• Other services: laundries, cleaning services, hotels, maintenance and cleaning services, banking services (including lotteries), call center services, technical assistance and kiosks.

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