Tag Archives: Covid

Some Roma communities in Slovakia were placed in absolute isolation during the Covid 19 pandemic, which nowadays thought to have been an overly restrictive measure which possibly violated the basic human rights of the inhabitants of the affected Roma communities.

• Zuzana Kumanová: Covid-19 a Romové? Restriktivní opatření, která vynucovali vojáci se samopaly, zřejmě porušovala základní lidská práva Romů. In: Romea. 22.06.2024. https://romea.cz/cz/komentare/zuzana-kumanova-covid-19-a-romove-restriktivni-opatreni-ktera-vynucovali-vojaci-se-samopaly-zrejme-porusovala-zakladni-lidska-prava-romu

According to the Slovak Government, patients from the Roma community are twice as likely to die from Covid than the rest of the population. It is a combination of low vaccination, low living standards, insufficient health knowledge and high population density in these communities.

• Patrik Lenghart: Rómovia na Covid na Slovensku zomierajú dvakrát častejšie (KOMENTÁR). In: Startitup. 22.01.2022. https://www.startitup.sk/patrik-lenghart-romovia-na-covid-zomieraju-dvakrat-castejsie-ako-slovaci-komentar/