SARS-CoV-2 infections in migrants and the role of household overcrowding: a causal mediation analysis of Virus Watch data.

Yamina Boukari Sarah BealeVincent NguyenWing Lam Erica FongRachel BurnsAlexei YavlinskySusan HoskinsKate Marie LewisCyril GeismarAnnalan Md NavaratnamIsobel BraithwaiteThomas E ByrneYoussof OskrochiSam TweedJana KovarParth PatelAndrew HaywardRobert W Aldridge

Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2023)

Migrants had higher odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the second wave compared with UK-born individuals and household overcrowding explained 36% of these increased odds. Policy interventions to reduce household overcrowding for migrants are needed as part of efforts to tackle health inequalities during the pandemic and beyond.

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