COVID-19 in northeast Brazil: first year of the pandemic and uncertainties to come

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the epidemic of COVID-19 in northeastern Brazil, one of the regions most affected by the virus. METHODS The official data for COVID-19, from March 2020 to March 2021 in the states of the Northeast Region (NE), were used. The analysis of capital cities and states for...

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Main Authors: Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Carl Kendall, Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida, Maria Yury Ichihara, Estela Maria L Aquino, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Naomar Almeida-Filho, Rafael Felipe Souza, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Maurício Lima Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2021-06-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102021000100226&tlng=pt