The spatialization of Covid-19 in southern Brazil:

the interiorization of the disease and the case of the Great Frontier of the Mercosur Mesoregion

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https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis20367

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The present essay presents a mapping of the spatio-temporal distribution of Covid-19 cases in the municipalities of the southern region of Brazil, and addresses the conditions for the disease’s spread in a territorial section of the interior of this region, the so-called Great Frontier of Mercosur (MGFM). There is a process of internalization of viral transmission, which at MGFM, had a strong correlation with work in meat agro-industries. The dissemination and advancement of Covid-19 in the region, reaching smaller municipalities, should be viewed with concern, since it can  compromise the already fragile structure of the health sector and worsen the local consequences of the pandemic.

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Larissa Hermes Thomas Tombini, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS)

Enfermeira, doutoranda em Saúde Coletiva, Professora Assistente Mestre do curso de graduação em Enfermagem, na Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul.

Fabiane Ripplinger, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS)

Licenciada em Geografia, Mestranda em Geografia na Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

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2021-08-05

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Nascimento, E., Hermes Thomas Tombini, L., & Ripplinger, F. (2021). The spatialization of Covid-19 in southern Brazil: : the interiorization of the disease and the case of the Great Frontier of the Mercosur Mesoregion. Finisterra, 55(115), 27–35. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis20367

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Vol. 55 No. 115 (2020): Special number: COVID-19

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