Emergency Remote Education and its Contribution to the Formation of Digital Humanities in Pandemic Times

The existence of a worldwide pandemic due to Covid-19 and, consequently, as changes determined by global and local protocols has changed the way that many higher education institutions are reflecting on the symbiotic relationship between education and digital technologies. The quarantine imposed in some countries has revealed the need for actions to continue academic activities in the world. Many Brazilian universities have debated and promulgated resolutions that do not allow to understand how these institutions have reacted to the eminence of emergency remote education and their actions in face of the impossibility of face-to-face classes. In this sense, this paper is a qualitative, documentary, bibliographic research and case study in which we seek to analyse from the reading of the resolution of the State University of Maringa, a way in which this institution deliberated the adoption of digital educational practices. We conclude that the denial of different forms for the educational process can impede the progress of higher education committed to the development of digital humanities.

The first 80 days of the covid-19 pandemic in the city of belo horizonte: From containment to reopening

The paper examines the implications of Co-vid-19 pandemic for the city of Belo Hori-zonte (BH), during the first 80 days of the disease. We use a descriptive-analytical approach to estimate the growth of Covid-19 cases over time, the excess of deaths, the virus’ rate of transmissibility, and the con-sequent burden on the municipal the health system, measured by the rate of occupancy of public hospital beds. Also, we identify the main containment policies adopted by local authorities, and the implications of reopening measures and the following reduction of social distancing. Our findings reveal that a well-managed Unified Health System (SUS) is paramount to effectively tackle the pandemic and its consequences for the popula-tion. The reopening process has imposed new challenges that will require close monitoring by the authorities and by the society. © 2020, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. All rights reserved.