Income inequality and its association with COVID-19 cases and deaths: a cross-country analysis in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Although there is a decreasing trend in overall income inequality in the region, within-country inequality remains persistently high in a number of Middle-Eastern countries. 30 Underprivileged people, those who are already in poor health, living with low income or poverty, or working and living in crowded or unhealthy conditions, are at greater risk of COVID-19 infections or deaths.

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Overall, there was an increasing trend in monthly COVID-19 cases and deaths per-million population in the EMR countries ( figures 1 and 2 ).

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