Researchers from Great Britain found out that women who were victims of domestic violence during the first two waves of a coronavirus infection pandemic was higher than those infected. The article of scientists was published in the BMC Medicine magazine.
The restrictive measures taken to contain COVID-19 caused the so-called “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence. In response to this, many countries, including the United Kingdom, provided his victims the right of free movement. Researchers from Birmingham and Warwick universities studied the risk of infection with coronavirus infection in 10.4 thousand women who recorded their beatings from general practitioners from January 31, 2020 to February 28, 2021. 41.4 thousand women were produced as a control group.
Scientists have revealed that women with the history of domestic violence the risk of contamination with coronavirus was higher than those of people from the control group. The difference was more noticeable in women, violence over which was recorded from the beginning of the pandemic. Researchers note that the situation is exacerbated by many of these women have concomitant diseases, as a second type diabetes. In this regard, scientists call for increased vaccination in this group of the population.