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Open Society Foundations Public Health Program Without more effort in collecting reliable data and supporting Roma communities to hold public authorities accountable, governments will be able to easily continue to abstain from mitigating the unequal burden of COVID19 and other diseases on Roma. Scientific evidence demonstrates that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 exerts a disproportionate burden on racialised and ethnic minorities living under detrimental social, economic, political, and environmental conditions in Europe and the United States. From the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe in March 2020, Roma civil society organisations (CSOs) warned that Roma communities, the largest ethnic minority group in Europe, were going to be severely affected. Yet, there are hardly any data on the number of infections, hospitalisations, intensive care unit admissions, and mortality among Roma. With a few exceptions, they are also not mentioned in national vaccination roll-out plan
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This content was published on February 10, 2021 - 09:00
February 10, 2021 - 09:00
Jessica Davis Plüss
Jessica covers the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to big global companies and their impact in Switzerland and abroad. She’s always looking for a Swiss connection with her native San Francisco and will happily discuss why her hometown has produced some of the greatest innovations but can’t seem to solve its housing crisis.
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