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COVID-19 pandemic in shelters for asylum seekers: a scoping review of preventive measures.

Amand FührerIlknur Özer ErdogduPaula KompaYüce Yilmaz-AslanPatrick Brzoska
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
Recommendations on infection control and outbreak management and the measures actually taken in refugee shelters differ considerably. Among others, this results from a lack of intersectoral cooperation between state ministries, municipal health offices and the administration of the facilities as well as from guidelines not sufficiently tailored to the characteristics of refugee shelters.
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