Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19

Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz; Mohamed Alorabi

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00429

Frontiers in Public Health (Aug 2020)

Social Stigma: The Hidden Threat of COVID-19

Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz,
Mohamed Alorabi

Affiliations

Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz: Department of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Alorabi: Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00429
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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COVID-19 infection has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease are threatened by the appearance of disease-associated social stigma in society. In Egypt, a small wave of stigma directed at different groups started to appear. Here we report the features of COVID-19-associated stigma in Egypt and suggest recommendations to overcome this stigma before it grows and have physical and psychological impacts on society.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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