id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-theguardian-com-2909 Covid-19 impact on ethnic minorities linked to housing and air pollution | World news | The Guardian .html text/html 1505 199 70 Covid-19 impact on ethnic minorities linked to housing and air pollution | World news | The Guardian The severe impact of Covid-19 on people from minority ethnic groups has been linked to air pollution and overcrowded and poor-standard homes by a study of 400 hospital patients. The study concluded: "Patients of black, Asian and minority ethnicity (BAME) are more likely to be admitted from regions of highest air pollution, housing quality and household overcrowding deprivation. Thickett said the public health message of the new study was better targeting of social distancing and handwashing advice to people in deprived areas and particularly those living in large households. The researchers found a "strongly suggestive" statistical link between those living in the bottom 20% of areas under these measures, being from an ethnic minority and Covid-19 outcomes, said Thickett. ./cache/www-theguardian-com-2909.html ./txt/www-theguardian-com-2909.txt