Guidance for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among high-risk individuals in camps and camp-like settings

Forcibly displaced populations residing in camps or camp-like settings may be particularly vulnerable to COVID19 epidemics due to overcrowding, poor access to safe water and sanitation and limited access to health services (1,2). In the absence of control measures, camps and camp-like settings could experience very high attack rates and mortality. This would translate into an extremely large number of patients requiring intensive care over a short period of time (a few months), as suggested by modelling predictions for refugee camps in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh (3).