Immo Fiebrig • Larissa Bombardi • Pablo Nepomuceno
Introduction
Within the last three months, the international press has reported several cases of slaughterhouse workers infected with COVID-19. According to the news, many of these slaughterhouses seem to be some sort of super-spreading hot spot.
Three countries - the United States, Germany and Brazil - drew the attention of the authors, because of their own nationalities and/or because of the representation that these countries have in the world’s production and export of pork. These countries will therefore be the focus of this report.
Spatial correlation between COVID-19 and pork production
For the three countries in question, the USA, Germany and Brazil, the maps that we present below indicate a salient spatial correlation between the areas with a large presence of mass pig husbandry and/or slaughterhouses and those in which there is a high rate of population infected by COVID-19.
For the three countries in question, the USA, Germany and Brazil, the maps that we present below indicate a salient spatial correlation between the areas with a large presence of mass pig husbandry and/or slaughterhouses and those in which there is a high rate of population infected by COVID-19.
Full report coming soon
