London School: Asian-British Ethnicity and Epidemiology Professor

london school: Similar results were obtained for those of Asian or Asian-British ethnicity, who are 1.62 times more likely to die as a result of COVID-19, according to CTV. There have been reports already in the U.K. that people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds that they seem to be at an increased risk of being on intensive care and dying from COVID, explained Liam Smeeth, a clinical epidemiology professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM . Smeeth is also the co-lead of the study. According to the study released Thursday, black people are about twice as likely to die from COVID-19 compared to those who listed their ethnicity as white, at a ratio of about 1.71. We knew there was an increased risk in these groups it's a matter a trying to disentangle why that risk is happening and therefore, what we can do about it. Previous studies have hypothesized that this increased risk of death among black and Asian ethnic groups may be due to higher prevalence of underlying health conditions such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Complete coverage at newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox The study was conducted by the University of Oxford in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM . It is based on the electronic health records of more than 17.4 million adults in the U.K. between February 1 and April 25, making it the largest study on COVID-19 conducted by any country to date. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.