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COVID-19, Quarantines, Sheltering-in-Place, and Human Rights: The Developing Crisis

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: As COVID-19 has spread across the globe, quarantines and sheltering-in-place orders have become important public health tools but, as currently implemented, have eroded human rights, particularly for the marginalized, including essential workers, detainees, women, and children. Quarantines and sheltering-in-place orders must include explicit guarantees of human rights protections. We outline protections for the quarantined that communities and governments should strive to guarantee.

Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0528

Authors: John J. Openshaw, Mark A. Travassos

Institutions: Stanford University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Language: English

Topic: Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of California, Stanford Bio-X