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Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
Print version ISSN 0430-5027
Abstract
NASCIMENTO, Ederson; TOMBINI, Larissa Hermes Thomas and RIPPLINGER, Fabiane. 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 [online]. 2020, n.115, pp.27-35. Epub Dec 31, 2020. ISSN 0430-5027. https://doi.org/10.18055/finis20367.
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.
Keywords : Pandemic; coronavirus infections; spatial analysis; agro-industry; Great Frontier of Mercosur Mesoregion.