High-risk gene common in South Asians doubles the risk of COVID-19 death study finds
British scientists have discovered a gene that doubles the risk of respiratory failure and death from COVID-19 and is more common among people of South Asian descent.
According to the Nature Genetics study by scientists at the University of Oxford, 60 per cent of people of South Asian background - compared with 15 per cent of people of European ancestry - carry the high-risk gene called LZTFL1.
James Davies, one of the lead researchers, said the discovery that the gene does not have an equal impact on people of different ethnicities was a crucial finding.
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