Poorer people less likely to be tested for SARS-CoV-2, more likely to be hospitalised, enter ICU and die: study

New research from Switzerland presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, shows that people living in poorer neighbourhoods were less likely to be tested for COVID-19 but more likely to test positive, be hospitalised, or die, compared with those in more wealthy areas. The study is by Professor Matthias Egger and Dr. Julien Riou, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland.