The advance of the new strain of coronavirus at this point in the pandemic was a bucket of cold water for business. The first look at the matter is still done with caution, insecurity and a glimmer of hope that it is just a false alarm or that it will soon be contained.
“It’s worrying, but we have no doubts that science will bring the solution to this new variant”, says Nelson Mussolini, president of Sindusfarma, which represents large pharmaceutical companies.
Paulo Solmucci, president of Abrasel (restaurant association), thinks it’s alarmism. “Unless the ineffectiveness of vaccines for this variant is proven, we see no reason to panic,” he says.
In the assessment of José Carlos Martins, from CBIC (construction sector), it is necessary to understand the real risk of the variant in order to know how to deal with it.
For Ricardo Roriz, from Abiplast, the advance of the new variant puts the recovery in check. “Meanwhile, the world lives without any forecast of resuming the normality of people’s sense of security and well-being and of the possibility of a consistent return of the economy”, he says.
The hotel industry is concerned with bringing year-end parties and Carnival closer together, according to Manoel Linhares, president of Abih (hotel industry association). He says that the sector is waiting for the definition of protocols by the bodies to adapt the operation.
“We are following it. We are in favor of the Health deciding immediately that there should be no crowding, because the hotel industry cannot stand to close again”, he says.
with Andressa Motter e Ana Paula Branco ​
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