Infection higher in hospital cleaners than ICU staff: report
London (AFP) - Intensive care medics were significantly less likely to have been infected with Covid-19 than cleaners and other healthcare workers in departments deemed lower risk, according to a study of several British hospitals at the peak of the pandemic. The research also found that people of black, Asian and minority ethnicity were nearly twice as likely to have been infected as white colleagues. It follows several studies suggesting race, income and allocation of personal protective equipment (PPE) create biases in the burden of infections.Researchers said the results could be becaus...