Vitamin D research is aiming for a Coronavirus breakthrough - and could explain why BAME communities have been hit harder
manchestereveningnews.co.ukcoronavirus, which has so far killed more than 53,000 people in hospitals, care homes and the community, has been a particularly scary disease.
As the pandemic wore on, it became increasingly obvious that people of BAME heritage were disproportionately affected, with a high number of medical workers from these communities dying from the disease.Research from the Office for National Statistics showed people from non-white British backgrounds were badly affected by higher death rates.They found if you are of Bangladeshi heritage, you are twice as likely to die with coronavirus than if you are of white, British heritage.Meanwhile, ONS has found Black men are twice as likely to die with coronavirus than white men, bucking the previous trend for.
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