Covid-19 response discriminates against ethnic minorities and migrants

To successfully combat a pandemic, health protection measures rely on well-prepared and well-functioning health services that treat and support everyone, ensuring those most at risk are protected.  However, according to global health experts writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, society’s response to Covid-19 is harmful to ethnic minorities and migrants. The risk of contracting Covid-19, the severity of the illness and the risk of poor health related to the policies and actions responding to the pandemic are all increased in minority groups, the authors write. “Black, Asian and minority ethnic and migrant groups have a greater risk