Migration and health during COVID-19: Indian perspective need to focus on the migrant health

Migrants and forcibly displaced people are one of the worst affected sections in the COVID-19 pandemic. More or less every country has felt it to be a challenging task to look after the health of migrants in a similar way as they are supposed to do so for their own citizens. Migrants need to be give...

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Published in:	Amrita Journal of Medicine Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 86 - 88
Main Authors:	Das, Ambarish, Taywade, Manish, Sahoo, Bimal, Das, Kajal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2021 Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:	covid-19 pandemic; developing countries; health; migrants Epidemics India India COVID-19 pandemic health developing countries migrants
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Summary:	Migrants and forcibly displaced people are one of the worst affected sections in the COVID-19 pandemic. More or less every country has felt it to be a challenging task to look after the health of migrants in a similar way as they are supposed to do so for their own citizens. Migrants need to be given special attention when it comes to testing and treatment because they could be both victims and potential sources of this SARS COV-2 virus. In this article, some important issues related to migrants' health in this pandemic have been briefly addressed.
ISSN:	0975-9662 0975-9662 2772-2805
DOI:	10.4103/AMJM.AMJM_39_21