The periphery of Fortaleza, where less isolation is achieved, has more deaths, says research | National newspaper

Life goes on as if there was no pandemic in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Fortaleza. Street vendors are on the streets and people walk in groups.

A survey carried out by the Federal University of Ceará concluded that residents of the periphery are those who least comply with the rules of social distance and who suffer the worst consequence of this. According to the city, the most remote neighborhoods concentrate the highest number of deaths.

“Living in a neighborhood with a low or very low HDI (human development index) is a risk factor for patients to complicate themselves and, finally, a risk factor for the most tragic outcome, which is death,” he says. the mayor Roberto Cláudio.

The city is using a truck to disinfect the streets. A solid car warns of the importance of avoiding crowds. But the difficulty of meeting social distance meets another obstacle: the types of housing in the peripheries.

“They are small places, with a maximum of three rooms. And there are families who share, families of five, ten, 13 people who share the same rooms. Therefore, staying in these small ventilated places, without structural conditions, sometimes without Internet access is a challenge. Sometimes it is a utopia, “says social worker Ingrid Rabelo.

With classes suspended, housewife Rosiane Bandeira does what she can to keep the family inside. “Ten people live in this house, there are four compartments. Here, thank God, there was no coronavirus. It is not enough either, I have faith in God that this will not happen, no.”

Ceará has more than four thousand cases of Covid-19 and 239 deaths. PT Governor Camilo Santana announced on Wednesday (22) the creation of 30 new ICU beds. According to the Department of Health, the occupancy rate of public beds in the ICU for patients with the disease is 75% in Fortaleza, which concentrates the majority of cases of the disease in Ceará.