NASCIMENTO, Ederson; TOMBINI, Larissa Hermes Thomas    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. []. , 115, pp.27-35.   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.

: Pandemic; coronavirus infections; spatial analysis; agro-industry; Great Frontier of Mercosur Mesoregion.

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