COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly around the world. The COVID-19 outbreak has affected all slabs of the population and is evidently disastrous to members of those specific groups in the most unprotected situations and further continues to attack populations, specially people dwelling in impoverished situations, elderly persons, persons with dysfunctions, youth and native peoples. Early evidence indicates that that the health and economic impacts of the virus are being borne disproportionately by poor people. For example, homeless people, because they'll be unable to securely shelter in situ, are highly exposed to the danger of the virus. People without access to running water, refugees, migrants, or displaced persons also stand to suffer disproportionately both from the pandemic and its aftermath – whether due to limited movement, fewer employment opportunities, increased xenophobia etc. Older persons are particularly vulnerable to the danger of infection from COVID-19, especially those with chronic health conditions like hypertension, disorder and diabetes. Older persons are not just struggling with greater health risks but are also likely to be less capable of supporting themselves in isolation. While social distancing is required to reduce the expansion of the disease, if not executed properly, such measures can also steer up increased social distancing of elderly persons at a time when they may be at most need of support. Even at the best of times, persons with disabilities face challenges in accessing health-care services, due to lack of availability, accessibility, affordability, as well as stigma and discrimination. The risks of contamination from COVID-19 for persons with disabilities are worsened by other cases, which warrant particular action: hampering of services and support, prevailing health conditions in some cases which leave them more at risk of developing serious illness or dying, being excluded from health information and mainstream health provision, living in a world where accessibility is often limited and where barriers to goods and services are a challenge, and being disproportionately more likely to live in institutional settings.
