Covid vaccines should be handed out in homeless shelters and refugee centres to increase vaccination rates among migrant groups, European health chiefs have said. The advice from the EU's European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention came in a report highlighting low vaccination rates among some minority groups. The report said governments should seek to communicate with migrant groups through local radio stations and in bilingual pharmacies. Minorities at high risk from CovidIn addition to lower vaccination rates, studies have shown minority groups at higher risk of illness and death from Covid-19. In a finding described as unexplained by researchers, Muslim men were at higher risk even once other likely factors were accounted for.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 07, 2021 15:11 UTC