Retrospektívny pohľad na šírenie ochorenia COVID-19 v Nitranskom samosprávnom kraji v kontexte zraniteľnosti

Abstract

In the course of 2020, the coronavirus became a phenomenon that, albeit unwanted, created a wide space for the study of various scientific disciplines. The pandemic situation of COVID-19, which affected almost the entire civilized world with its consequences, therefore offered a unique opportunity to analyze the geographical space as well as human activities in it. It can be implemented at different hierarchical levels - from global, regional to local. It is precisely the circumstances with COVID-19, which also affected the territory of Slovakia and its individual regions, that form a sufficient prerequisite for their analysis. This phenomenon can also be analyzed through the evaluation of the vulnerability of the territory of Slovakia using the example of this disease. In each country, during this pandemic, indicators that provided information on current risks and the possibilities of their operative solution were primarily monitored. The aim of the contribution is to point out the spread of this disease in the given territory based on the assessment of the vulnerability of the territory at the local and regional level of the Nitra self-governing region. For the evaluation, we used a complex indicator of vulnerability in relation to the spread of the COVID-19 disease through captured positive PCR tests. We evaluated the data over four time periods. The selection of data and methods used in this study together with the achieved and presented results can serve as a suitable tool to support the decision making of further measures for the future.