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Lots of guidance has already been developed to inform COVID-19 responses in camp, camp-like or informal settlements over the last months. The<a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/humanitarian-operations-camps-and-other-fragile-settings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> WHO</a> and the<a href="https://washcluster.net/Covid-19-resources" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Global WASH Cluster</a> have collated a list of resources for humanitarian crises including camps and camp-like settings. The Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Federation of the Red Cross / Red Crescent (IFRC), and WHO have also produced <a href="https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/2020-06/IASC%20Interim%20Guidance%20on%20Public%20Health%20Measures%20for%20COVID-19%20in%20Low%20Capacity%20and%20Humanitarian%20Settings_For%20circulation.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">joint guidance</a> on maintaining and scaling up COVID-19 response in crisis-affected populations. In the sections below, we summarise the relevant parts of the guidance for prevention of transmission according to three key goals of COVID-19 responses in camps and camp-like settings:

Reduce contact exposure or surface transmission

Ensure individuals with COVID-19 symptoms (or those in close contact with symptomatic individuals) seek care and/or isolate when needed.

1. Reduce person-to-person transmission
2. Reduce contact exposure or surface transmission
3. Ensure individuals with COVID-19 symptoms (or those in close contact with symptomatic individuals) seek care and/or isolate when needed.

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Review: <a href="http://www.ranas.ch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Miriam Harter</a>, <a href="https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/abdelmagid.nada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nada Abdelmagid</a>, Tara Vernon, Bruce Spires

Editor's note