HOT OF THE PRESS. Early research into the first patients critically ill with #COVID19 in UK hospitals indicates that black and Asian people ( #BAME) are more likely to be badly affected by coronavirus than white people. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/bame-groups-hit-harder-covid-19-than-white-people-uk">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... @guardian 1/3
A topic we touched upon in our virtual round table event was housing arrangements within #BAME communities. The article goes onto to state: "South Asian people often lived in larger, multi-generational households and so “social isolation may not be as prevalent." 2/3