SARS-CoV-2 infections in migrants and the role of household overcrowding: a causal mediation analysis of Virus Watch data

Conclusion Migrants had higher odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the second wave compared with UK-born individuals and household overcrowding explained 36% of these increased odds. Policy interventions to reduce household overcrowding for migrants are needed as part of efforts to tackle health inequalities during the pandemic and beyond.

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Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Boukari, Y., Beale, S., Nguyen, V., Fong, W. L. E., Burns, R., Yavlinsky, A., Hoskins, S., Lewis, K., Geismar, C., Navaratnam, A. M., Braithwaite, I., Byrne, T. E., Oskrochi, Y., Tweed, S., Kovar, J., Patel, P., Hayward, A., Aldridge, R. Tags: Open access, COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research