Customers buy fruit and vegetables from a stall at Whitechapel market in east London. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus: why Britain’s ethnic minorities have been hit so hard by pandemic
- Despite only making up 14 per cent of the country’s population, ethnic minorities represent a third of the patients in intensive care with Covid-19
- They were also more likely to be in low-paid jobs or be key workers, which bring them into more contact with the infection
Customers buy fruit and vegetables from a stall at Whitechapel market in east London. Photo: AFP