COVID-19 IN THE LEGAL AMAZON

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https://doi.org/10.36517/rm2021.e20006

Abstract

The work aims to demonstrate that the dependence on a local center like Xambioá (TO) in relation to two medium cities, namely, Araguaína (TO) and Marabá (PA), located in the Legal Amazon, offers serious consequences during the pandemic, because despite the city is outside the flow of capital, its proximity to the other two middle sized cities places it among the most affected cities in the state of Tocantins by COVID-19. To understand this context, theoretical discussions were held about the interrelationship between the three cities in the Amazon region and data from the epidemiological bulletins of the respective health secretaries and the Monitora-COVID (FIOCRUZ, 2020) were used. The results show that the spread of the virus in Xambioá behaved similarly to that of the city of Araguaína, with a high incidence and higher peaks than those of the other two bigger cities. The results alert to the seriousness of the situation, since the municipality does not have health equipment capable of meeting the demand caused by the complexity of the cases, calling for a debate about the reorganizations of the cities with a focus on improving the quality of life and the good living for people and the community.

Keywords: COVID-19. Legal Amazon. Xambioá-TO. Medium cities.

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Author Biographies

  • Miguel Pacifico Filho, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

    Docente do Programa de Mestrado em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais/PPGDire e do Curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Tocantins/Araguaína. Doutor e Mestre em História pela UNESP/Assis. Graduado em História pela UFOP. 

  • Thelma Pontes Borges, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

    Docente do Programa de Mestrado em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais/PPGDire da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Doutora em Psicologia Escolar e do Desenvolvimento Humano pela USP. Mestre em Educação pela UNICAMP. Graduada em Psicologia pela UNESP.

  • Helga Midori Iwamoto, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

    Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e do curso de Administração da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Doutora em Administração pela Universidade  Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. Graduada em Matemática pela Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo.

  • Airton Cardoso Cançado, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

    Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e do Curso de Administração da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Lavras. Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Graduado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa.

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Published

2021-03-19

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Vol. 20 (2021)

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COVID-19 IN THE LEGAL AMAZON. (2021). Mercator, 20. https://doi.org/10.36517/rm2021.e20006