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COVID-19 and Immigrant Essential Workers: Bhutanese and Burmese Refugees in the United States.

Mengxi ZhangAshok GurungPhilip AnglewiczKatherine Yun
Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2020)
Although we had a small snowball sample, we found that working in essential industries was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection among Bhutanese and Burmese refugees. We call for larger studies that include Asian immigrant subgroups, as well as immediate attention to protecting immigrant essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov