Travellers and people of black and Asian ethnicity are more likely to contract Covid-19 during the pandemic than the general population, a new study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) reveals.
The study also revealed that non-Irish nationals – especially those from Eastern Europe – suffered more job losses due to Covid-19 closures than Irish nationals mainly due to the fact that many of them work in the hard-hit hospitality sector.
The study entitled ‘Covid-19 and Non-Irish Nationals in Ireland’ found that Travellers are almost three times as likely (2.6) to contract Covid-19 than other Irish nationals while people of Asian ethnicity are 2.3 times as likely to contract the virus than the white Irish population.