However, researchers say people carrying the high-risk gene should respond normally to vaccines
Traditional rain shaman Ki Joko Sapu Jagat carries out a ritual after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Indonesia. File photo: REUTERSAJENG DINAR ULFIANA
About 60% of people with South Asian ancestry carry the high-risk gene, researchers at Oxford University said on Friday, adding the discovery partly explains the high number of deaths seen in some British communities, and the effect of Covid-19 in the Indian subcontinent. That genetic signal is likely to affect cells in the lung, while a higher risk version of the identified gene, called LZTFL1, possibly prevents the cells lining airways and the lungs from responding to the virus properly.
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