The spatialization of Covid-19 in Special Indigenous Sanitary Districts in the Legal Amazon

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https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v14i3.65329

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Epidemics in indigenous peoples have been related since the arrival of the colonizers in America, causing an increased number of deaths among these populations. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a great concern over the indigenous peoples. This article has the objective to present the spatialization of Covid-19 cases among the Brazilian natives in the Legal Amazon, having as reference the Special Indigenous Sanitary Districts (DSEIs). To accomplish this analysis, we used as a basis the published data in the epidemiological newsletters of Special Bureau of Indigenous Health (SESAI) during the period from April sixth 2020 to July sixth 2020, having as a reference date the newsletters published on Tuesdays. The spatialization of Covid-19 in the DSEIs of the Legal Amazon hasn’t followed a specific pattern, being the Alto Rio Solimões DSEI the one which had the most confirmed cases during most of the analysis period, in a specific moment the DSEI of Manaus occupied this position and, in the end of the analyzed period, the DSEI of Maranhão state had more confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Keywords: Spatialization. Covid-19. Indigenous. DSEI.

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2020-12-20

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FOSCHIERA, A.; SILVA, J. S. da. The spatialization of Covid-19 in Special Indigenous Sanitary Districts in the Legal Amazon. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 3, p. 6–34, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/ag.v14i3.65329. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/65329. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2024.

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