Udsatte borgere i Aarhus er ikke udsat for COVID-19

• Main Authors: Eiset, Andreas Halgreen, Bytofte, Amalie, Wejse, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Danish
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Greenland; Halsen; Sund; Grønland
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/udsatte-borgere-i-aarhus-er-ikke-udsat-for-covid19(6e2044b9-bd27-4008-9714-6ce972abc023).html; https://ugeskriftet.dk/debat/udsatte-borgere-i-aarhus-er-ikke-udsat-covid-19

Over seks dage i april blev 296 borgere i Aarhus testet på være- og bosteder, misbrugscentre, varmestuer og fixerum. Alle tests var negative. Elleve personer blev testet to eller tre gange, da vi ikke afviste nogen, som mødte frem til test, og også disse var alle negative. I alt 117 individer (41%) angav at være født uden for Danmark med hyppigst fødeland angivet til Grønland, Somalia og Rumænien. Gennemsnitsalderen var 48 år, 29% var kvinder, og 22% rapporterede symptomer i form af feber, hoste og/eller ondt i halsen. 35% rapporterede at have en eller flere diagnoser, dog angav flere deltagere ikke eventuelle psykiatriske diagnoser. I alt 21 afviste tilbuddet om test og angav som hyppigste årsag hertil at være sund og rask, mistillid til systemet og nervøsitet for konsekvenserne af en positiv test. During six days in April, 296 citizens self-defined as belonging to "the vulnerable population" in Aarhus were tested for COVID-19 All tests were negative. Eleven people were tested two or three times as we did not reject anyone who showed up for testing; these too were all negative. A total of 117 individuals (41%) was born outside Denmark with the most frequent birth country indicated as Greenland, Somalia and Romania. The average age was 48 years, 29% were women, and 22% reported symptoms of fever, cough and / or sore throat. A total of 21 rejected the offer of testing; the most frequent reason was "being healthy", "distrust of the government" and "nervousness about the consequences of a positive test".