(CNN) Just under 50 days before the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro's state governor has issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency that authorizes additional funding to fulfill obligations during the games.

A severe economic crisis has prevented the state from "honoring its commitments to the organization of the Olympic and Paralympic Games," reads the order, released in the official government gazette Friday.

The crisis has been "causing severe difficulties in the provision of essential public services and can even cause a total breakdown in public security, health, education, mobility and environmental management," the order reads.

Photos: Gold, silver and bronze With just 51 days to go until the 2016 Olympic Games gets under way, organizers have revealed to the world the medals that Usain Bolt and co. will be battling it out for in Rio de Janeiro. Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze A grand total of 2,488 medals will be on offer to athletes at the Games, which run from August 5 to August 21, with 812 of those gold, 812 being silver and 864 bronze. Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze Weighing in at 500g, the medals have been made with "sustainability at their heart," according to organizers, while they feature a design that "celebrates the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature." Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze The gold medals are free from mercury, with the silver and bronzes having been produced using 30 percent recycled materials, while half of the plastic in all of their respective ribbons come from recycled plastic bottles. Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze The designs on the medals feature laurel leaves -- a symbol of victory in ancient Greece -- surrounding the Rio 2016 logo, while the other side boasts an image of Nike -- the Greek goddess of victory -- with the Panathinaiko Stadium and the Acropolis in the background. Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze The Paralympic medals were also revealed and have a tiny device inside which makes a noise when it is shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to know if they are gold, silver or bronze -- gold has the loudest noise, with bronze the quietest. Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze All medals are slightly thicker at their central point compared with their edges, and the name of the event for which the medal is won will be engraved by laser along its outside edge. Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: Gold, silver and bronze "Today marks the start of the final countdown to the first Olympic Games to be staged in South America," International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the launch event in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio. Hide Caption 8 of 8

Though the order is meant to open the door for more funding for the Olympics, scheduled to run August 5-21, it did not specify where the additional money would come from or how much would be needed.

The city of Rio de Janeiro -- not the state -- is largely responsible for the Olympics. But the state is responsible for certain expenditures, including a yet-to-be-completed extension of a Metro line that is meant to connect the largest of four Olympic venue clusters with the rest of the host city.

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