THE GEOGRAPHY OF COVID-19 IN ALGERIA: IN SEARCH OF DEMOGRAPHICAL PARAMETERS OF VULNERABILITY

Abstract

The pandemic spread of Covid-19 is worth examining by the geographic eye in order to highlight the spatial dimension of this propagation. The geographical approach is mainly convened to observe some of the territorializing aspects of coronavirus, through which it becomes possible to define the territorial specificities that intervene as vectors of vulnerability to the pandemic. Claiming to be one of the first geographical researches on Covid-19 in Algeria, this article proposes to question the correlated relationship between its propagation dynamics and the spatial and demographic characteristics of pandemic territories. The objective is to understand the behaviors of vulnerability or resistance of these territories, via geographical parameters. Such an understanding is principally useful in health prevention and action strategies.