COVID-19 Health Care for Afghan Refugees as a Minor Ethnicity in Iran; Clinical Differences and Racial Equality in Health

Global burden of the COVID-19 associated patient-related delay in emergency healthcare: a panel of systematic review and meta-analyses

“…Health disparities are a general term used to denote the differences, variations, and disparities in access to health of individuals or groups [ 129 ]. While some researches show that elderly [ 130 ], Black populations, rural communities, and incarcerated populations [ 129 ] might experience inequality in healthcare; our previous study about Afghan refugees in Iran as a minor ethnicity [ 131 ] show that the need for active patient identification and treatment has lead widespread diagnostic and therapeutic measures of COVID-19 for patients with any social, economic, and cultural backgrounds and now we are facing a different side of the health disparity. Because the world’s healthcare market has been shifted to COVID-19 healthcare, governmental interventions are required to cover services for all people with other diseases, therefore, the study of inequality can provide accurate and reliable information on how health services are distributed to health planners and policymakers can determine the population groups that use the emergency services the least.…”

Evaluating the characteristics of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted during COVID-19 peaks: A single-center study

“…The clinical characteristics for COVID-19 appear 1–14 days after infection, and most patients develop symptoms within 3–7 days [ 12 , 13 ]. Fever, cough, and dyspnea were the most common symptoms in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia [ 14 , 15 ], followed by the manifestation of lower respiratory tract infections [ 16 ]. By contrast, upper respiratory tract symptoms were less common in these patients, indicating that the cells targeted by the virus might be located in the lower airway [ 17 ].…”

Evaluating the characteristics of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted during COVID-19 peaks: A single-center study

“…10 , 11 The clinical characteristics for COVID-19 appear 1–14 days after infection, and most patients develop symptoms within 3–7 days. 12 , 13 Fever, cough, and dyspnea were the most common symptoms in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, 14 , 15 followed by the manifestation of lower respiratory tract infections. 16 By contrast, upper respiratory tract symptoms were less common in these patients, indicating that the cells targeted by the virus might be located in the lower airway.…”