"The police came in white protective suits and with batons, it was pure disaster" - a multi-stakeholder perspective on infection control in reception centers for asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

• Main Authors: Latife Pacolli-Tabaku (Author), Amand Führer (Author), Diana Wahidie (Author), Ulrich Trohl (Author), Yüce Yilmaz-Aslan (Author), Patrick Brzoska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges, particularly for vulnerable populations residing in confined settings such as refugee shelters: Physical distancing measures were challenging to implement in shelters due to shared rooms or communal use of kitchens and san...