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By Rachel Schraer
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Health checks should be offered to people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds from the age of 25, a report has recommended.
MPs examined the disproportionate impact of the Covid pandemic on people from black and Asian backgrounds.
They said NHS checks, currently available to 40-70-year-olds in England, could pick up conditions which are linked to severe coronavirus.
The role of inequalities in employment and housing was also emphasised.
The report, produced by the Women and Equalities Committee, said the government should act to tackle these wider causes of poor health.