Varying coronavirus health outcomes are the result of “intersecting forms of disadvantage”, including structural inequalities faced by certain communities, experts have said. A combination of political, economic and social factors can have “exponential impacts” on certain groups, according to a paper from the ethnicity subgroup of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). The paper was considered at a Sage meeting on March 25 and published on Friday. It follows a Government-commissioned report last week, which was accused of failing to recognise the impact of institutional racism in British society. The sub-group, which advises the Government on the Covid-19 risks and impacts for minority ethnic groups, noted that people from all minority ethnic groups had a higher risk of dying with coronavirus compared to white British people in the first wave.