In another retreat from governors, Bolsonaro allows states to define criteria for restricting roads.
An order signed by the CEO of Anvisa, Antônio Barra Torres, transfers to state health surveillance agencies the authority to determine the technical conditions for closing or blocking roads.
247 - Jair Bolsonaro has once again demonstrated a retreat from his policy of confronting governors regarding the new coronavirus pandemic.
After meetings with state officials in which Bolsonaro lowered the toneHe praised the states' efforts and announced the release of funds, but he backtracked on the decision that only the federal government could foresee situations that would restrict traffic on roads.
An order signed by the director-president of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antônio Barra Torres, transfers to state surveillance agencies the authority to determine the technical conditions for closing or blocking roads.
According to information from the newspaper Folha de S. PaulIt was delegated to state agencies to make the technical recommendation for "the establishment of exceptional and temporary restrictions on interstate and intercity road travel."