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The impact of Covid-19 on ethnicity, minorities and immigrants: Are we all in the same ship?

Volume: 42 Number: 3 October 27, 2020
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The impact of Covid-19 on ethnicity, minorities and immigrants: Are we all in the same ship?

Abstract

Covid-19, which has caused a severe pandemic to the whole world since December 2019, continues to spread while collapsing health systems, societies and economies; while leaving controversy behind. As the coronavirus spread globally demographics of the infected are identified and current evidences point ethnical “bias” of not only to the relatively higher infection rates among minority groups, but also to the severity of the clinical course. In communities where sanitation, prevention, and determined treatment standards for the current situation are not met, the results of the pandemic can be far more devastating. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Hatice Dılek
0000-0002-4878-9552
Türkiye

Muzeyyen Tonyalı
0000-0002-7087-3558
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 27, 2020

Submission Date

August 2, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 18, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 42 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7197/cmj.vi.776452

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA26MB68TL

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RIS / Bibtex
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1.Dılek H, Tonyalı M, Çolapkulu N, Alimoğlu O. The impact of Covid-19 on ethnicity, minorities and immigrants: Are we all in the same ship? CMJ. 2020;42(3):236-238. doi:10.7197/cmj.vi.776452

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