Spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in the arctic: early data and emerging trends

Petrov, Andrey N.; Mark, Welford; Golosov, Nikolay; DeGroote, John; Degai, Tatiana; Savelyev, Alexander

doi:10.1080/22423982.2020.1835251

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“…Petrov et al [7] reported that COVID-19 arrived in the Arctic in February 2020, and infections rapidly spread in spring and summer, when many Arctic regions, in particular, the Russian Arctic, became COVID-19 hotspots.…”

Section: Overall Dynamics: Cases Deaths and Cfr -The "First Wave"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Petrov et al [7] indicated that in the early stages of the pandemic the proliferation of the COVID-19 in remote and rural areas was quite limited, especially in Northern Canada, Greenland and Alaska. They warned, however, that these places would face crisis later in the season as they would be vulnerable to the impacts of the pandemic due to isolation, restricted healthcare options and comorbidities prevalent in these areas.…”

Section: The "Second Wave"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thereafter, local commuting for work [4] and K-college students seeded more local disease propagation [5], while systemic power, economic, political and social inequalities facilitated more COVID-19 infections, greater COVID-19 disease severity and higher COVID-19 mortalities among socially disadvantaged groups [6]. Remote regions tended to have the later occurrence of COVID-19 with rotating workers or other travellers eventually seeding clusters of COVID-19 [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A few systematic studies were conducted at the circumpolar level. Petrov et al [7] examined spatiotemporal dynamics in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, between February and July. The paper illustrates distinct typologies across Arctic regions while predicting the worst of the pandemic will be observed later in 2020.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[25][26][27] The goal of this paper is to undertake a preliminary analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic with particular focus on the "second wave" (SW) that took place in the Arctic between September 2020 and January 2021. We build upon an earlier publication [7] and extend our analysis in time to cover the 12 months, February 2020 to January 2021, since COVID-19 was detected in the Arctic. The paper's objectives are to (1)…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The “second wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic: regional and temporal dynamics

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International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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This article focuses on the "second wave" of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic and examines spatiotemporal patterns between July 2020 and January 2021. We analyse available COVID-19 data at the regional (subnational) level to elucidate patterns and typology of Arctic regions with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article builds upon our previous research that examined the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic between February and July 2020. The pandemic's "second wave" observed in the Arctic between September 2020 and January 2021 was severe in terms of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, having particularly strong impacts in Alaska, Northern Russia and Northern Sweden. Based on the spatiotemporal patterns of the "second wave" dynamics, we identified 5 types of the pandemic across regions: Shockwaves (Iceland, Faroe Islands, Northern Norway, and Northern Finland), Protracted Waves (Northern Sweden), Tidal Waves (Northern Russia), Tsunami Waves (Alaska), and Isolated Splashes (Northern Canada and Greenland). Although data limitations and gaps persist, monitoring of COVID-19 is critical for developing a proper understanding of the pandemic in order to develop informed and effective responses to the current crisis and possible future pandemics in the Arctic. Data used in this paper are available at https://arctic.uni.edu/arctic-covid-19.

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Section: Overall Dynamics: Cases Deaths and Cfr -The "First Wave"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The "Second Wave"mentioning

confidence: 99%