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The researchers at Mount Sinai realised the cases they were seeing in New York were practically identical to the ones found circulating Europe. Though they don't know which specific flight brought the virus from Europe to New York, they believe it took place between late January to early February.About two-thirds of the New York cases studied were European in origin.

Thomas LaVeist, dean of the Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine says:"We can’t forget how racially segregated this country is by design.This is an outward manifestation of structural racism where African Americans are at an increased risk.this a “moment of ethical reckoning”.

A recent CDC report reveals that minority children are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates were higher among Hispanic and Black children than among white children. The rates among Hispanic and Black children were nearly 8 times and 5 times, respectively, the rate in white children.