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Health inequalities in UK are major factor in high BAME Covid cases
Analysis: Social disparities are linked to chronic health conditions associated with higher risk of death
Since the early days of the pandemic, we have heard how people from black and south-Asian ethnic backgrounds have a greater risk of dying from Covid-19 compared with white people.
There are many explanations for this, including a greater chance of being exposed to coronavirus as a result of working in industries that bring you face-to-face with more people, or the fact that some minority ethnic groups are more likely to live in multigenerational households.
Read the original article at The Guardian