COVID-19, PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING CONDITIONS IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS: BRIEF NOTES
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COVID-19, Urban Planning, House, Public Health, AmazonasAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought up important discussions about how cities organize themselves, considering that characteristics on population density, housing conditions and household density are one of the factors that may favor the increase of the disease. It is recognized that some regions and localities are in conditions of greater vulnerability in relation to COVID-19, especially the state of Amazonas. The Amazonas was one of the states most affected by the disease, constantly presenting high numbers of cases and deaths, having been reaching the two waves before the other units of the federation, with collapse of the health system in all municipalities. Because it is a communicable disease, containing the spread among the population has become a challenge, since most amazonian cities have high household densities (number of residents in the same house) - among the 20 Brazilian cities with the highest household density, 15 are in the Amazonas. Therefore, now and always, Public Health, Urban Planning and Regional Planning need to unify the actions, so that alternatives to contain the pandemic are effective in the municipalities of Amazonas, especially those in more remote areas, indigenous villages and riverside communities.
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