Somali worker at a food bank. Stock photo from Pixabay
Somalis in Sweden a Covid-19 risk
Of the first 15 deaths in Sweden from SARS-CoV-2 in Stockholm County, six were Somalis, registered by the Swedish-Somali medical society. But only 0,84 percent of the Stockholm County are Somalis.
While some have argued that overcrowding, smoking and poor literacy explain the situation, another possible explanation is Ethnic benign neutropenia, very common among East African populations.
The Somali population in Sweden typically suffer from low vitamin D which is related to low sun exposure and dark skin. In Finland, Somali women required more than twice the amount of vitamin D in order to maintain recommended levels. In fact, vitamin D deficiency is twice as common, regardless of gender, in immigrants from Africa compared with those from the Middle East.
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