Isolation rate during coronavirus quarantine rises to 59% in São Paulo. The goal is 70%.
According to the governor of São Paulo, João Doria, the 59% rate is "an achievement for the population, an achievement for good people, for medicine, for science, and for those who want life, want to live, and want to allow other people to have the right to life."
247 - The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), announced on Monday afternoon (13) that the social isolation rate rose from 47% last Thursday (9) in the state of São Paulo to 59% this Easter Sunday (12). The state Executive wants the population's isolation to reach 70%. The state has at least 8.755 cases and 588 deaths caused by the coronavirus. Nationally there are 22,7 confirmed cases and 1.270 deaths.
"The effort we made at the end of last week, along with guidance from the São Paulo state government and the municipalities that make up the 645 cities in the state of São Paulo, was successful. We increased social isolation from 47% to 59% yesterday," said the governor at a press conference at Palácio dos Bandeirantes, in the southern part of São Paulo.
According to Doria, the 59% rate is "an achievement for the population, an achievement for good people, for medicine, for science, and for those who want life, want to live, and want to allow other people to have the right to life."
"The better and more extensive the isolation, the faster we will emerge from this crisis and return to normal, hence the conviction that everything will pass, but it will only pass if we can help," he stated.