U.S. Asian community hurt disproportionately by COVID-19: Financial Times


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A wide spectrum of Americans have suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic , but Asians in particular have been hurt disproportionately , a Financial Times opinion piece has said. Patti Waldmeir , a North America correspondent for the Financial Times , called Asian Americans and other Asians in the United States a “hidden minority” hit hard by the pandemic in an article published on Monday. “COVID-19 hit those of Asian descent quicker and harder than white Americans . In the first three months of the pandemic , Chinese patients had the highest mortality rate of all racial and ethnic groups in...