STRATEGIES FOR THE FLEXIBILIZATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE COVID-19 IN BAHIA, 2020

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Isleide Carmen Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Imeide Pinheiro dos, Wasconcellos, Milene Baqueiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3263
• topic: Pandemia; covid-19; isolamento social; economia e organizações de saúde; Pandemia de Covid-19; Pandemia; covid-19; aislamiento social; organizaciones económicas y sanitarias; Pandemics; covid-19; social isolation; health care economics and organizations

The first case of Covid-19 in the state of Bahia was detected on March 6, 2020, with the transmission of the disease accelerating at the end of April of the same year, and more than 430 thousand cases registered in December, when de virus reached all municipalities of the state. The control of this pandemic involves several factors, such as the capacity of the health system, including diagnosis and health surveillance, and measures of social distance, among others, which need to be analyzed in a systemic way, observing the epidemiological, historical, economic and social status of the state. To mitigate the socioeconomic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of Bahia implemented a series of actions aimed at resuming the activities of the economic sectors, having adopted the flexibility strategy. This study describe the experience in the formulation of strategies for the flexibility of the social distancing measures during the confrontation of Covid-19 in the state of Bahia. We used the participant observation and documentary analysis with a comparative study, by the examination of plans on the reopening strategies adopted by different countries, definition of criteria and political guidelines for guiding health flexibility measures at the state level, considering the different locoregional realities. It was observed that health and economy are inseparable units and facing the Covid-19 pandemic requires a joint effort by governments, in the three spheres of management, in the formulation and implementation of public policies aimed at facing the health, social and economic crisis.