The Coronavirus Crisis and the Consequences of COVID-19 Pan-Syndemic on Racial Health Inequalities and on Migrants

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Abstract

After examining the ecological-social origins of the novel Coronavirus and the features of Coronavirus crisis, the text analyses at the global level the COVID-19 related racial health inequalities and the impact of the pandemic on the health and working conditions of immigrant workers, asylum seekers, migrants. The text highlights a syndemic situation affecting them, which exacerbated and transformed inequalities that already existed, generating new ones, intertwining the old and the new.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 14 Gennaio 2021 | Accettato: 10 Febbraio 2021 | Pubblicato 27 Ottobre 2021 | Lingua: en

Keywords Novel CoronavirusAsylum seekersSyndemicsEcological riftRacial inequalitiesMigrationInequalitiesHealth disparitiesImmigrant workers


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