Periphery, Marginalization and covid-19 in the Metropolis: the Case of the Ecatepec de Morelos Municipality

Abstract

The transmission characteristic of the Coronavirus sars-cov-2 found in Ecatepec the ideal scenario to develop rapidly; the way in which the territory was urbanized, social marginalization, economy poverty, demographic density, overcrowding, lack of public services and urban equipment that has existed there for several decades, potentiated the effects of the pandemic, which was reflected in the systematic and permanent occupation of the first places, in deaths and infections, within the metropolis, since the beginning the pandemic.