Black and Asian people at greater risk of getting Covid, meta-study finds
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#5A9AG)
Finding is based on 50 studies involving medical records of nearly 19 million patients
People from Black and Asian backgrounds are at substantially greater risk of contracting coronavirus than white people, according to a study that highlights the disproportionate impact of the disease on different groups in society.
Black people are twice as likely to become infected with coronavirus as white people, and people from Asian backgrounds are one and a half times as likely, researchers found after analysing 50 studies that reported on the medical records of nearly 19 million Covid patients.
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