Ceará declares a Public Health emergency and suspends classes and events for 15 days.
The governor also suspended the vacations of all state public health employees, the sanitization of public transportation, and sent an official letter to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and ANVISA requesting the suspension of international flights to Ceará.
247 - The state of Ceará declared a public health emergency on Monday, March 16th, due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Brazil and the Northeast region. The governor of Ceará, Camilo Santana, announced this after a meeting held by the State Committee for Combating the virus. The decree was published in the State Official Gazette.
It was also announced that classes in public schools and universities would be suspended, as well as any public event with more than 100 people, starting on Thursday the 19th, for 15 days.
This Monday (16), the State University of Ceará (Uece), the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará (IFCE) and the University of Fortaleza announced the suspension of classes and face-to-face activities.
The Committee met for the first time this Monday, the 16th, at the Abolition Palace. A new bulletin from the Ceará State Health Department was released, reporting that the state has nine confirmed cases of coronavirus, all in Greater Fortaleza.
The governor also suspended the vacations of all state public health employees, the sanitization of public transportation, and sent an official letter to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and ANVISA requesting the suspension of international flights to Ceará.