Covid-19 and refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Greece

Douglas and colleagues correctly say that refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants are vulnerable to epidemics.1 Social distancing in the overcrowded places where they commonly reside is impossible, and early detection of cases is difficult owing to their exclusion from national healthcare plans. Local outbreaks among refugees and migrants are expected in epidemics, outbreaks that might go unchecked or even concealed.2 In the covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organisation for …