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Gabbardo: Street blocks represent a problem for Carnaval in SP

With New Year’s Eve festivities canceled in 24 of the 27 Brazilian capitals – including São Paulo – the next big party planned is Carnival. THE CNN, the executive coordinator of the scientific committee of São Paulo, João Gabbardo, stated that it is still early for a decision on the parties planned for the end of February, but that the street blocks represent a problem.

“On this issue of Carnival, the committee thinks that it is still early and, therefore, we are resistant to having any manifestation”, he said.

Citing the agglomeration caused by the blocks, Gabbardo stated that this scenario becomes “impossible to control”. “The problem is the street blocks. We have no way of knowing if [as pessoas] whether they are vaccinated or not, it is a huge agglomeration, a scenario almost impossible to control”.

The decision to cancel New Year’s Eve in the state was taken last Thursday (2) before the arrival of the Ômicron variant. In Brazil, the variant adds up to six cases – three of them in São Paulo.

For Gabbardo, Carnival with parades of samba schools becomes more controlled.

“In the samba school parades, the environment is relatively controlled, we can demand vaccination for anyone who wants to watch Carnival. We can keep a mask. Only vaccinated people parade and with negative PCR”, he said.

He analyzes that Carnival at the Anhembi sambódromo can be controlled “in the same way that we control the stadiums”.

Reduction of interval between doses in SP

São Paulo adopted the reduction of the interval for the booster dose from five to four months in the last week. Although the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has recommended the reassessment of the adopted measure, Gabbardo says that “certainly the Ministry of Health itself will have to make this decision soon.”

According to him, studies corroborate the reduction adopted by the state and logistical issues were also considered in the decision.

Citing the interview of the governor of Pará, Jader Barbalho, to CNN – who reported that 450 thousand doses can be discarded due to the lack of a proxy for vaccination in the state –, Gabbardo reported that São Paulo “has a high quantity of vaccines that, if not used, will be discarded”.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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