One in every 10 foreign-born physicians employed in Britain's National Health Service (NHS) is Indian and therefore they are at high risk of corona virus global epidemic. A report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) also found that Indians are one of the communities most likely to be impacted by the economic impact of a lockdown implemented to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. Is because they work in more secure areas. 'Is Covid-19 a greater threat to some racial groups than others?' The report titled "Indian men are at greater risk of getting infected due to health care related issues."
The report states, "Indian men are 150 percent more likely to play a health and social care role than their white British counterparts. Three percent of the working population in England and Wales is from the Indian community and 14 percent of physicians are physicians People are Indians. "
An IFS analysis found that people working in health and social care sectors in the UK working group are at greater risk of infection and are more at risk due to the high number of Indians in them. 37 per cent of UK physicians are of foreign origin, of which one in every 10 physicians are Indians.
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