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Public Health in Practice

Volume 1, November 2020, 100022
Public Health in Practice

Letter to the Editor
Brazil’s vulnerability to COVID-19 quantified by a spatial metric

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Highlights

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    An easy-to-apply index that can support decision-makers to identify the most vulnerable regions to COVID-19.

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    The impact of the lack of resources in the country-side to fight SARS-CoV-2 can be assuaged by shielding selected regions.

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    IndCo can support countries to prepare the reopening process while controlling COVID-19 in their regions.

Keywords

Spatial index
COVID-19 outbreak
Spatial analysis
IndCo index
Geographical
Information system

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