Finance

Public health

Pathology

Sociology

Business

Social distance

Disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Demographic economics

Economic growth

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Criminology

Pandemic

Social exclusion

Outbreak

Nursing

Political science

China

Virology

Economics

Breakout

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Socioeconomics

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Medicine

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This paper is aimed to document the observed social exclusion and discrimination in the outbreak of COVID-19 across the world and inside of China. Discrimination and social exclusion has occurred in various forms, while 25.11% of respondents overseas experienced discrimination in the breakout of COVID-19, and 90% of respondents inside of China exhibited discriminatory attitudes. The discrimination and social exclusion also lead to a range of damaging social outcomes. Thus, this is an urgent call for the inclusiveness in policy and media in the face of this public health emergency.

Discrimination and Social Exclusion in the Outbreak of COVID-19