The resumption of some economic activities in the state of São Paulo as of June 1st, according to Governor João Dória, will be done gradually. Every 15 days the situation will be analyzed, in case of an increase in cases, new determinations on restrictions must be announced. Wearing masks and social detachment remains mandatory. Doria ruled out a lockdown in the coming weeks.
Dória was one of the main critics of the posture of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who defends the return of economic activities. With the decision, Dória gave up pressure from part of the State's economic and political power. The measure to relax the quarantine in the context of deaths by COVID-19, which is still increasing in several regions of the State of São Paulo and in several other Brazilian states, is, above all, a political decision.
With that, Dória intends to demonstrate that his administration was more efficient in combating the coronavirus crisis and in the deadline for the reopening of the economy than Jair Bolsonaro's presidency. With this, he intends to meet the demands of the Brazilian right and extreme right, which defend the total opening of the economy. Dória's plan is to position herself as a more technical administrator than Bolsonaro. However, despite all the discourse of respecting science, Dória is taking such measures for mainly political reasons.
São Paulo does not do enough tests to know exactly how the State is facing COVID-19, despite the nearly 4 million tests that would have been released. Doria, therefore, will reopen São Paulo in the winter, at a time when the State is also facing an increase in the number of H1N1 cases.
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