Industry News: Analysis reveals factors underlying COVID-19 spread in Brazil
07 May 2021
An overall failure in Brazil to implement prompt, coordinated, and equitable responses fueled COVID-19’s spread in a context of stark local socioeconomic and health care inequalities, according to an analysis from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Researchers analyzed the fast spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Brazilian states over a nine-month period in 2020. Factors at play in the swift and uneven spread of disease included disparities in health resources and income, lack of containment measures, politicization of the pandemic, and varied responses across states and cities. Based on their findings, the researchers warned that the P.1 variant, first documented in Brazil and already fueling a record number of cases and deaths and the near collapse of the hospital system, is likely to spur the emergence of new variants, isolate Brazil as a threat to global hea
For immediate release: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Boston, MA – An overall failure in Brazil to implement prompt, coordinated, and equitable responses fueled COVID-19’s spread in a context of stark local socioeconomic and health care inequalities, according to an analysis from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Researchers analyzed the fast spread of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Brazilian states over a nine-month period in 2020. Factors at play in the swift and uneven spread of disease included disparities in health resources and income, lack of containment measures, politicization of the pandemic, and varied responses across states and cities. Based on their findings, the researchers warned that the P.1 variant, first documented in Brazil and already fueling a record number of cases and deaths and the near collapse of the hospital system, is likely to spur the emergence of new variants, isolate Brazil as a threat to global health security, and lead to a
Tracking COVID-19’s explosive spread in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil has had one of the world’s worst COVID-19 epidemics, with a particularly rapid and deadly outbreak in the Amazon region. A new study co-authored by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues in Brazil and the U.K., tracked what happened when the coronavirus spread largely uncontrolled through the densely populated city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas.
The study was published December 8, 2020 in Science. Harvard Chan School co-authors included Susie Gurzenda, a researcher in the Department of Global Health and Population (GHP) and Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography and GHP chair.