Is there a link between the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and malignancies and the severity of COVID-19 within the BAME population?

Abstract

In 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic as the disease began to spread across the world. A review by Public Health England confirmed that ‘the risk of dying among those diagnosed with COVID-19 is higher in those in BAME groups than in White ethnic