The 2019 coronavirus disease is a serious public health emergency, with serious adverse implications for populations, healthcare systems, and economies globally. Recently, concerns have been raised about possible association between ethnicity, incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 arisen from early government data. In this review, we will explore the possible association using both recent COVID-19 studies and studies of previous pandemics. We call for data on ethnicity to be routinely collected by governments, as part of an international collaboration, alongside other patient demographics and further research to robustly determine the magnitude of association. Moreover, governments must learn from previous pandemics and recommended strategies to mitigate risks on minority ethnicities due to socioeconomic disadvantages.

2019年的冠状病毒病是严重的公共卫生突发事件，对全球人口，医疗系统和全球经济产生严重不利影响。最近，人们对由早期政府数据产生的COVID-19的种族，发生率和结局之间可能存在的联系提出了担忧。在这篇综述中，我们将使用最近的COVID-19研究和以前的流行病研究来探讨可能的关联。我们呼吁政府作为国际合作的一部分，定期收集有关种族的数据，并与其他患者人口统计数据一起进行进一步研究，以可靠地确定关联的程度。此外，政府必须从以前的流行病中吸取教训并建议采取策略，以减轻由于社会经济劣势而对少数民族造成的风险。