Actor Riz Ahmed has lost two members of his family to the Covid-19 virus. In a WhatsApp interview with British GQ magazine, the London-born star opened up about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting members of ethnic minorities, due to a disproportionate number working in frontline caring roles.
Speaking about losing relatives, he wrote: “I have lost two family members to Covid. I just want to believe their deaths and all the others aren’t for nothing.
We gotta step up to re-imagine a better future.” Riz hopes the virus can bring humanity together to tackle greater problems rather than focusing on what divides people – but worries it is just holding up a mirror to existing political and social issues. “Coronavirus is on some level an