According to Governor Witzel's decision so far, at least 30 municipalities will have their quarantine relaxed and will be able, among other things, to open their businesses.
A new update emerged after a meeting last Monday at the Guanabara Palace between Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel, Health Secretary Edmar Santos and other members of the department's team. It was decided that social quarantine will be relaxed in at least 30 municipalities in the state.
For now, the measure is not valid for the capital, which has the highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus. The total number of people infected is 1,461.
Witzel will announce other measures to combat the disease today (7), in a press conference. The governor, together with the Health Secretary, evaluated criteria for easing isolation. Of the 92 municipalities in the state, 41 have confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The restrictions that were foreseen in the government decree remained in place. The 13th is the final deadline. Despite this, many people took to the streets last weekend, not disobeying the determination to socially isolate and stay at home.
Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro
According to information from the State Health Department, there have been 71 deaths so far. This is seven more than in the report released last Sunday. Five of these were in the capital (three men and two women, between the ages of 28 and 87), one man, aged 41, in the Belford Roxo region, and another man, aged 40, in Itaboraí. There are also 75 deaths under investigation throughout the state.
The confirmed deaths are divided as follows: Rio de Janeiro (47), Belford Roxo (3), Duque de Caxias (3), Itaboraí (2), Niterói (2), Nova Iguaçu (2), Rio Bonito (2), Volta Redonda (2), Arraial do Cabo (1), Maricá (1), Mesquita (1), Miguel Pereira (1), Petropolis (1), Rio das Ostras (1), São Gonçalo (1) and São João de Meriti (1).
New rules in the capital
The new opening hours for authorized establishments will begin this Tuesday (7) in Rio de Janeiro. Exclusively or predominantly commercial establishments must start their workday after 9 am. Bakeries and confectioneries, pharmacies and drugstores, gas stations and convenience stores, and newsstands, establishments that traditionally open earlier, are not covered by this decree. Industrial establishments must start work before 6 am.
The new rules, announced on Sunday (6) by the city hall, were published yesterday (6) in Decree No. 47,336. Where it adds devices to the measures to combat the new coronavirus pandemic, implemented since March 20.
According to the city hall, the new shifts aim to prevent crowds on public transport.