COVID-19 and Homelessness: Prevalence Differences Between Sheltered and Unsheltered Individuals

Massimo Ralli1, Andrea Arcangeli1, Fabio De-Giorgio1

  • 1Massimo Ralli is with the Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and Primary Care Services, Eleemosynaria Apostolica, Vatican City State. Andrea Arcangeli is with the Directorate of Health and Hygiene, Vatican City State, and the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome. Fabio De-Giorgio is with the Directorate of Health and Hygiene, Vatican City State; the Department of Health Care Surveillance and Bioethics, Section of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome. Aldo Morrone is with the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, IRCCS, Rome. Lucia Ercoli is with the Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome.

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