Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong

Although coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks have been relatively well controlled in Hong Kong, containment remains challenging among socioeconomically disadvantaged persons. They are at higher risk for widespread COVID-19 transmission through sizable clustering, probably because of exposure to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chung, Gary K.K., Chan, Siu-Ming, Chan, Yat-Hang, Woo, Jean, Wong, Hung, Wong, Samuel Y., Yeoh, Eng Kiong, Marmot, Michael, Chung, Roger Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34469286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.204840
_version_ 1784589928224522240
author Chung, Gary K.K.
Chan, Siu-Ming
Chan, Yat-Hang
Woo, Jean
Wong, Hung
Wong, Samuel Y.
Yeoh, Eng Kiong
Marmot, Michael
Chung, Roger Y.
author_facet Chung, Gary K.K.
Chan, Siu-Ming
Chan, Yat-Hang
Woo, Jean
Wong, Hung
Wong, Samuel Y.
Yeoh, Eng Kiong
Marmot, Michael
Chung, Roger Y.
author_sort Chung, Gary K.K.
collection PubMed
description Although coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks have been relatively well controlled in Hong Kong, containment remains challenging among socioeconomically disadvantaged persons. They are at higher risk for widespread COVID-19 transmission through sizable clustering, probably because of exposure to social settings in which existing mitigation policies had differential socioeconomic effects.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8544972
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85449722021-11-06 Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong Chung, Gary K.K. Chan, Siu-Ming Chan, Yat-Hang Woo, Jean Wong, Hung Wong, Samuel Y. Yeoh, Eng Kiong Marmot, Michael Chung, Roger Y. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Although coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks have been relatively well controlled in Hong Kong, containment remains challenging among socioeconomically disadvantaged persons. They are at higher risk for widespread COVID-19 transmission through sizable clustering, probably because of exposure to social settings in which existing mitigation policies had differential socioeconomic effects. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8544972/ /pubmed/34469286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.204840 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Chung, Gary K.K.
Chan, Siu-Ming
Chan, Yat-Hang
Woo, Jean
Wong, Hung
Wong, Samuel Y.
Yeoh, Eng Kiong
Marmot, Michael
Chung, Roger Y.
Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title_full Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title_fullStr Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title_short Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
title_sort socioeconomic patterns of covid-19 clusters in low-incidence city, hong kong
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34469286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.204840
work_keys_str_mv AT chunggarykk socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT chansiuming socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT chanyathang socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT woojean socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT wonghung socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT wongsamuely socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT yeohengkiong socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT marmotmichael socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong
AT chungrogery socioeconomicpatternsofcovid19clustersinlowincidencecityhongkong

Ejemplares similares