São Paulo City Will Require Proof of Vaccination to Enter Shops, Bars
24 August 2021 - 4:24AM
Dow Jones News
By Luciana Magalhães and Jeffrey T. Lewis
SÃO PAULO--The biggest city in South America plans to require
people to show proof they've received at least one shot of a
vaccine against Covid-19 to enter bars, shops, restaurants,
shopping centers, soccer matches and other commercial
establishments and events, São Paulo's city hall said Monday.
The plan is for the program to start on Aug. 30, and
establishments will be required to check their customers'
vaccination status. Any that are caught ignoring the rule will be
fined, São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes said during a press
conference. The size of the fine and some other details haven't
been decided yet.
The city's approximately 12.3 million residents will be able to
download an app that will generate a QR code containing the
necessary information. People without a smartphone or who were
vaccinated outside of the city will be able to show their
vaccination cards as proof of their status.
The app will also be used to remind people who have only had one
shot of a two-shot vaccine to get the second jab, and will contain
some other medical information of the people who download it,
according to São Paulo city hall. About 211,000 residents of the
city have gotten their first shot but not the second, Mr. Nunes
said.
São Paulo state is home to South America's biggest maker of
vaccines, the Instituto Butantan, which has produced more than 75
million doses of the Coronavac vaccine, made under license from
Chinese company Sinovac. Brazil has also approved the use of the
AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines.
The state's vaccination campaign has advanced rapidly in recent
weeks, with 96.9% of the population over 18 receiving at least one
shot as of Monday, and 32.9% having finished the vaccination
process, according to the state government's website. São Paulo is
Brazil's most populous state, with 46 million people.
About 75% of Brazil's adult population of about 160 million have
already received at least one vaccine shot and Brazilian
authorities hope to have vaccinated the country's whole adult
population by the end of September.
São Paulo's neighboring municipality of Guarulhos, site of the
region's international airport, said last week it will start
requiring proof of vaccination to enter bars, shops, restaurants,
schools and other establishments beginning on Sept. 1, according to
local reports.
Write to Luciana Magalhães at luciana.magalhaes@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 23, 2021 14:24 ET (18:24 GMT)
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