COVID-19, Quarantines, Sheltering-in-Place, and Human Rights: The Developing Crisis

As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, quarantines and sheltering-in-place orders have become important public health tools but, as currently implemented, have eroded human rights, particularly for the marginalized, including essential workers, detainees, women, and children. Quarantines and shelt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Openshaw, John J., Travassos, Mark A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Perspective Piece
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32504462
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0528
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Sumario:As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, quarantines and sheltering-in-place orders have become important public health tools but, as currently implemented, have eroded human rights, particularly for the marginalized, including essential workers, detainees, women, and children. Quarantines and sheltering-in-place orders must include explicit guarantees of human rights protections. We outline protections for the quarantined that communities and governments should strive to guarantee.

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