Brazil's Sao Paulo extends COVID-19 restriction phase, but eases commercial activity ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 06:38 IST Sao Paulo [Brazil], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The government of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Friday extended for two more weeks its restriction phase, and night curfew established to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, although it eased restrictions on businesses and restaurants. During a press conference, the governor of Sao Paulo, Joao Doria, explained that the decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations allows for the relaxation of restrictions, after the collapse of the hospital system in March and April in almost all of Brazil due to an 85 to 100 percent occupancy of intensive care unit (ICU) beds.