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Spatial analysis of the factors impacting on the spread of Covid-19 in the neighborhoods of Zanjan, Iran

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This research aims to analyze the factors and distribution pattern of the covid-19 virus in the localities of Zanjan city, because the outbreak of this pandemic has put the lives of many citizens at risk. Spatial statistics determine the temporal-spatial pattern of 21,638 people infected with the virus between Feb. 22 and Mar. 22, 2020. The geographic weighted regression and spatial autocorrelation have been used to find the relationship between the factors of the spread of the virus in the localities of Zanjan and its distribution. The results of spatial autocorrelation show that the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the localities of Zanjan is clustered and the concentration is more in vulnerable neighborhoods and informal settlements. Therefore, based on the results of the weighted geographic regression, the class nature of the effects and consequences of this pandemic is undeniable; a matter that is linked with independent and labor jobs, population density, unemployment, underlying diseases, the number of people in a room, household density in residential units, illiteracy, sex ratio; and appropriate policies free from discrimination in order to increase the economic equality of these neighborhoods will be effective in reducing the mortality of this disease.

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Ahadnejad Reveshty, M., Heydari, M.T. & Tahmasebimoghaddam, H. Spatial analysis of the factors impacting on the spread of Covid-19 in the neighborhoods of Zanjan, Iran. Spat. Inf. Res. 32, 151–164 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-023-00550-0

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