The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021
The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic was dominated by the Delta wave that primarily lasted between July and December 2021 with varied epidemiological outcomes. An analysis of the Arctic’s subnational COVID-19 data revealed a massive increase in cases and deaths across all its juris...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6594a5a6d97e4b2583e54d8388cdb495 2023-05-15T14:32:41+02:00 The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021 Sweta Tiwari Andrey N. Petrov Michele Devlin Mark Welford Nikolay Golosov John DeGroote Tatiana Degai Stanislav Ksenofontov 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2109562 https://doaj.org/article/6594a5a6d97e4b2583e54d8388cdb495 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2022.2109562 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2022.2109562 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/6594a5a6d97e4b2583e54d8388cdb495 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 81, Iss 1 (2022) COVID-19 arctic delta pandemic waves variant Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2109562 2022-12-30T21:12:04Z The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic was dominated by the Delta wave that primarily lasted between July and December 2021 with varied epidemiological outcomes. An analysis of the Arctic’s subnational COVID-19 data revealed a massive increase in cases and deaths across all its jurisdictions but at varying time periods. However, the case fatality ratio (CFR) in most Arctic regions did not rise dramatically and was below national levels (except in Northern Russia). Based on the spatiotemporal patterns of the Delta outbreak, we identified four types of pandemic waves across Arctic regions: Tsunami (Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Northern Norway, Northern Finland, and Northern Canada), Superstorm (Alaska), Tidal wave (Northern Russia), and Protracted Wave (Northern Sweden). These regionally varied COVID-19 epidemiological dynamics are likely attributable to the inconsistency in implementing public health prevention measures, geographical isolation, and varying vaccination rates. A lesson remote and Indigenous communities can learn from the Arctic is that the three-prong (delay-prepare-respond) approach could be a tool in curtailing the impact of COVID-19 or future pandemics. This article is motivated by previous research that examined the first and second waves of the pandemic in the Arctic. Data are available at https://arctic.uni.edu/arctic-covid-19. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Finland Northern Norway Northern Sweden Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Faroe Islands Canada Greenland Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 81 1 |
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The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic was dominated by the Delta wave that primarily lasted between July and December 2021 with varied epidemiological outcomes. An analysis of the Arctic’s subnational COVID-19 data revealed a massive increase in cases and deaths across all its jurisdictions but at varying time periods. However, the case fatality ratio (CFR) in most Arctic regions did not rise dramatically and was below national levels (except in Northern Russia). Based on the spatiotemporal patterns of the Delta outbreak, we identified four types of pandemic waves across Arctic regions: Tsunami (Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Northern Norway, Northern Finland, and Northern Canada), Superstorm (Alaska), Tidal wave (Northern Russia), and Protracted Wave (Northern Sweden). These regionally varied COVID-19 epidemiological dynamics are likely attributable to the inconsistency in implementing public health prevention measures, geographical isolation, and varying vaccination rates. A lesson remote and Indigenous communities can learn from the Arctic is that the three-prong (delay-prepare-respond) approach could be a tool in curtailing the impact of COVID-19 or future pandemics. This article is motivated by previous research that examined the first and second waves of the pandemic in the Arctic. Data are available at https://arctic.uni.edu/arctic-covid-19. |
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Sweta Tiwari Andrey N. Petrov Michele Devlin Mark Welford Nikolay Golosov John DeGroote Tatiana Degai Stanislav Ksenofontov |
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Sweta Tiwari Andrey N. Petrov Michele Devlin Mark Welford Nikolay Golosov John DeGroote Tatiana Degai Stanislav Ksenofontov |
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The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021 |
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The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021 |
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The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021 |
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The second year of pandemic in the Arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the COVID-19 “Delta wave” in Arctic regions in 2021 |
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second year of pandemic in the arctic: examining spatiotemporal dynamics of the covid-19 “delta wave” in arctic regions in 2021 |
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