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  1. COVID-19 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK, now lower than in general population

    COVID-19 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK, now lower than in general population

    A population level study of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK Ian Thomas and Peter Mackie, Cardiff University (International Journal of Population Data Science, 2/12/21) Introduction Prior research into the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst people experiencing homelessness (PEH) largely relates to people in communal forms of temporary accommodation in contexts where this type of accommodation remained a major part of the response to homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 amongst PEH more broadly, and in a policy and practice context that...

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