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Coronavirus: The inequalities that can make ethnic communities so vulnerable
Low paid jobs, a need to stay in work and a lack of access to medical resources are just some of the factors that expose ethnic communities to more risk from coronavirus. Dr Consuelo Wilkins, vice president for health equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, Tennessee, outlines the impact of society's structural inequalities.
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