This study analyzed the exposure of women engaged in prostitution in downtown Sao Paulo to COVID-19. This cross-sectional study had a convenience sample selected in May 2021. We interviewed 219, mostly black, middle-aged, poor women with comorbidities. Among them, 61 had shown COVID-19 symptoms, 23, tested positive for the disease, seven underwent hospitalization, and four reported post-COVID-19 complications. Only 26 (30.2%) had been vaccinated. In addition to gender, race, and class inequalities, these women suffer both from a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their working conditions and from the subsequent worsening of that disease due to age and lack of vaccination.
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Chiang, M. I., Basile, M. L., de Souza, A. B. P., Moccagatta, I. D., Vieira, J. R. G., Lourenço, T. R., … Klautau, G. B. (2021). Women engaged in prostitution and COVID-19: why are they excluded from socially vulnerable groups? Revista de Saude Publica, 55. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004229
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