Socio-economic vulnerability and epidemic risk by age Implications for the exit strategy from COVID-19. JRC120497. 04/05/2020
Natale, Fabrizio ; Ghio, Daniela ; Goujon, Anne ; Conte, Alessandra
European Commission - Brussels
2020
19 p.
epidemic disease ; return to work ; biological risks ; demographic aspect ; social development
Economic development
English
Statistics;Bibliogr.;Charts
"In designing an exit strategy from COVID-19, governments need to balance the risks posed by possible recrudescence of the epidemic when lifting containment measures, which is higher for vulnerable groups of populations, against the urgency to reopen established economic activities and reduce the social and psychological vulnerability of the population subjected to unprecedented social distancing measures.
In this note we try to quantify, on the one hand, vulnerability from a socio-economic and psychological perspective and the epidemiological risk associated with the patterns of social contacts, on the other. For both aspects we have adopted a demographic perspective, looking in particular at the distribution of vulnerability and social contact patterns by age. "
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