Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is a catastrophe and stands out negatively around the world. Brazil is a country with the Unified Health System (SUS), which is public, has a good history in mass vaccination campaigns, produces vaccines, but the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus surpassed all the most pessimistic projections and reached more than 500,000 dead by July 2021. The state of Rio de Janeiro and its metropolitan region are part of this process. This chapter aims to analyze the diffusion of the new coronavirus in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro (MARJ), emphasizing the city of Rio de Janeiro and its spatiality in what we call “pandemic spaces on the periphery.” A territorial inequality of impact is evidenced, which is linked to the conditions of the territory. In the areas analyzed, the absence of support from health structures is evident, as is the effects of the perversity of globalization.
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Human Development Index (HDI) which considers three pillars: per capita income; education (the average length of study); health (healthy lifetime/longevity).
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The mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, is considering the application of a third dose (or “booster dose”) for the elderly, but this is still under discussion (Look: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/saude/2021/07/01/paes-planeja-terceira-dose-de-vacina-contra-a-covid-19-para-idosos-no-rj). One of the goals is to protect this age group that is more subject to possible complications from the Indian variant of coronavirus (Delta), already present in Brazil.
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Ibanez, P., de Sousa, G.M., de Lucena, A.J., de Farias, H.S., de Oliveira, L.D., da Rocha, A.S. (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic and Socio-spatial Inequality: A Study from the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Saha, S., Mishra, M., Bhuimali, A. (eds) Economic and Societal Transformation in Pandemic-Trapped India. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 55. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5755-9_5
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