Journal
PATHOGENS AND GLOBAL HEALTH
Volume 115, Issue 3, Pages 178-187Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1878446
Keywords
COVID-19; corona virus; low; and middle-income countries; socio-economic impact
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown measures have disproportionately affected disadvantaged populations, highlighting existing social, cultural, and economic inequalities in societies.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, rich countries employed lockdown and physical distancing policies for transmission control. However, the question still remains whether these measures are also suitable in countries with a fragile economy, which rests mainly on the informal sector. The impacts of lockdown measures in disadvantaged population strata in six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were reviewed using i) 93 media reports and ii) 17 published scientific papers. This review showed that those who suffered the most from the lockdown were migrants, workers in the large informal sector, small businesses, slum dwellers, women and elderly, revealing the social, cultural and economic inequalities of societies. Financial and food support for the poor was inadequate and sometimes mismanaged. In the better organized societies, the resilience was stronger (South Korea, Kerala/India) but here also the poor had to suffer the most. It is strongly recommended that outbreak response strategies should particularly focus on the poor and vulnerable population.
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