Аннотация:Ethnicity is a complex entity composed of genetic make-up, social constructs, cultural identity, and behavioural patterns. 2Ethnic classification systems have limitations but have been used to explore genetic and other population differences.Individuals from different ethnic backgrounds vary in behaviours, comorbidities, immune profiles, and risk of infection, as exemplified by the increased morbidity and mortality in black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in previous pandemics. 3 As COVID-19 spreads to areas with large cosmopolitan populations, understanding how ethnicity affects COVID-19 outcomes is essential.We therefore reviewed published papers and national surveillance reports on notifications and outcomes of COVID-19 to ascertain ethnicity data reporting patterns, associations, and outcomes.Only two (7%) of 29 publications reported ethnicity disaggregated data (both were case series without outcomes specific to ethnicity).We found that none of the ten highest COVID-19 case-notifying countries reported data related to ethnicity; UK mortality reporting, for example, does not require information on ethnicity.
