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

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 CO...

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Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Andrey N. Petrov, Mark Welford, Nikolay Golosov, John DeGroote, Michele Devlin, Tatiana Degai, Alexander Savelyev
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Subjects:
covid-19
arctic
regions
pandemic
trends
mortality
waves
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Canada
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Norway
Circumpolar Health
Iceland
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Northern Finland
Northern Norway
Northern Sweden
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1925446
https://doaj.org/article/e27d604212674d88bf31fe8e2092722c
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Summary: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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