Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong
Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Siu‐Ming Chan, Yat-Hang Chan, Jean Woo, Hung Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Eng‐Kiong Yeoh, Michael Marmot, Roger Yat‐Nork Chung
Abstract
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.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Socioeconomic statusIncidence (geometry)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)GeographyMedicineEnvironmental healthDemographySocioeconomicsVirologyOutbreakPopulationPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseSociologyPhysicsOpticsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesUrban Transport and Accessibility