en Epidemiologic Studies Epidemiologic Studies نامه به سردبیر Letter to the Editor <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:107%">All age groups are at risk of contracting and dying of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, older people and those &nbsp;with underlying conditions, comorbidities and disability levels are at higher risk of developing a serious illness, especially those living in enclosed spaces such as nursing homes and care centers, are more vulnerable to getting this disease, which can become fatal during this pandemic. Other reasons that make them more susceptible include population density, sharing equipment, poor public health measurements and infection controlling and close contact with roommates, which may all these factors increase the transmission rate and risk of infection. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the outbreak of COVID-19 in a chronic psychiatric rehabilitation center called Behboud center in Hamadan, west of Iran. It is a rehabilitation center with 85 women clients and 16 staff.</span></span></span></p> SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Outbreak, Coronavirus, Disabled persons 291 293 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5908-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reyhaneh Jashaninejad rayhanjashan@gmail.com 5200319475328460079008 5200319475328460079008 No Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Mohammad Mirzaei mirzaei3589@gmail.com 5200319475328460079009 5200319475328460079009 No Research Center for Health Science, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Manoochehr Karami man.karami@yahoo.com 5200319475328460079010 5200319475328460079010 Yes Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Fariba Keramat faribakeramat@yahoo.com 5200319475328460079011 5200319475328460079011 No Brucellosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Alireza Madrakian alireza.madrakian@yahoo.com 5200319475328460079012 5200319475328460079012 No Hamadan Medical Council, Hamadan, Iran Jalal Bathaei bathaei@umsha.ac.ir 5200319475328460079013 5200319475328460079013 No Research Center for Health Science, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Farid Azizi Jalilian azizifarid@gmail.com 5200319475328460079014 5200319475328460079014 No Dept. of Medical Virology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran