People with disabilities in COVID-19 responses

In this video, Dr Manjula Marella summarises the impacts of COVID-19 responses on people with disabilities.

The key response strategies to slow the COVID-19 outbreak and relieve congestion in hospitals are physical isolation and confinement. These responses have been swiftly implemented by governments in this crisis situation, and in the process people with disabilities were left out. Thus, there has been a significant impact on the continuity of health care needed by people with disabilities, and this will lead to the exacerbation of pre-existing inequities during and in the aftermath of the pandemic.