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Thu 15 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT People with learning disabilities in England are eight times more likely to die from Covid than the general population, according to research that highlights a “hidden calamity” of the coronavirus crisis. The study from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford University and Public Health England found risks were particularly high for those with profound learning disabilities linked to Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy. Among Covid patients with Down’s syndrome, for example, the risk of dying from the infection was 36 times higher than in the general population. “This is really stark. I was shocked at the increased death rates for people with learning disabilities and particularly for people with Down’s syndrome,” said Prof Hannah Kuper, director of the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at the LSHTM.

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