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. 2020 Oct 13;222(10):1592-1595.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa474.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States

Raul Macias Gil  1 , Jasmine R Marcelin  2 , Brenda Zuniga-Blanco  3 , Carina Marquez  4 , Trini Mathew  5 , Damani A Piggott  6
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States

Raul Macias Gil et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population.

Keywords: COVID-19; Hispanic; Latinx; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; health disparity.

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