High-risk people

[3] Globally, societal factors including limited access to healthcare and inadequate hygiene facilities can result in high-risk individuals.

[3] In immunology, a person qualifies as a high-risk individual if their immune system is compromised or suppressed whether due to disease, cancer, chronic conditions, prescription medications, or recent surgical procedures.

[6][7][8] High-risk people are more susceptible to hospitalization and death from the Coronavirus disease 2019.

[9] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends high-risk persons get the COVID-19 vaccine.

[12] Risk factors that have been cited in the United States as defining high-risk individuals for suffering the more serious symptoms of COVID-19 include:[13][14]