Surveillance of COVID-19 in migrant reception centres: a call for action

Giancarlo Ceccarelli; Maurizio Lopalco; Gabriele d'Ettorre; Gabriella d'Ettorre; Massimo Ciccozzi

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa171

Surveillance of COVID-19 in migrant reception centres: a call for action

J Travel Med. 2021 Feb 23;28(2):taaa171. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa171.

Authors

Giancarlo Ceccarelli^{1

2

3

4}, Maurizio Lopalco⁴, Gabriele d'Ettorre⁵, Gabriella d'Ettorre^{1

2}, Massimo Ciccozzi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
³ Migrants and Global Health Organization (Mi-HeRo), Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Center, Extraordinary Reception Center 'Mondo Migliore', Rocca di Papa, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Occupational Prevention and Protection, ASL Lecce, Lecce, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

Teaser section: The management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Reception Centers for migrants is burdened by significant critical issues mainly due to linguistic, cultural, and social differences related to the heterogeneity of the migrants hosted. Here we reported the field analysis of these critical issues and adopted solutions.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Minority Groups
SARS-CoV-2
Transients and Migrants*