Article 527NQ Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

by
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
from Science | The Guardian on (#527NQ)

Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the cause

It has been well publicised that Covid-19 discriminates by age and by underlying health conditions.

But it has become increasingly apparent that it also discriminates by sex, with the latest UK data from the Office for National Statistics revealing that men are almost twice as likely to die from the disease.

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