Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the biggest risk factors for coronavirus are age, gender, living in a city and being black or from a minority ethnic background.

In the daily coronavirus briefing, he said the government is determined to “get to the bottom of this” and “find ways of closing the gap”.

Referring to COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on BAME people, he said: “People are angry about racial injustice and I get that. Black lives matter.”

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COVID-19 Update 65 with critical care specialist and pulmonologist Roger Seheult, MD of https://www.medcram.com

Dr. Seheult breaks down multiple studies that illustrate how oxidative stress (primarily from reactive oxygen species) and endovascular inflammation may play a key role in COVID-19 infection severity. The understanding of this pathway may give important guidance for the prevention and treatment of severe coronavirus infections.

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