South Asians in England at greater risk in second COVID wave, finds new study
The study published in the medical journal Lancet on Friday accounted for many explanatory variables such as household size, social factors and health conditions across all ethnic groups.
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An Indian-origin man receives his second coronavirus vaccine dose, at a vaccine centre in the Swaminarayan School in London. (Photo| AP) By PTI
LONDON: Minority ethnic groups in general and South Asians, in particular, had a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and of COVID-19 related hospitalisations, intensive care (ICU) admissions and deaths during the second wave of the pandemic in the UK compared to the first, according to a new observational study of 17 million people.