Coronavirus: Black and Asian ethnic groups up to twice as likely to die with COVID-19, says Public Health England

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The Health Secretary today echoed the the slogan, 'black lives matter' while discussing BAME deaths from coronavirus figures. Read about the report which has found Black and Asian ethnic groups are up to twice as likely to die with COVID19:

Coronavirus: UK testing figures 'far from complete' and have 'limited value', says statistics watchdogThe report's deaths analysis of people in BAME groups accounts for the effects of sex, age, deprivation and region.Health Secretary: 'Black lives matter'

"Occupation is associated with risk of being exposed to COVID-19 and we know some key occupations have a high proportion of workers from BAME groups," said the authors.By Inzamam Rashid, Sky correspondent The review has failed to offer those recommendations and speaking to people in the BAME community, they are angry that no direct action or concrete steps are set out to protect lives.

Questions now need to be asked about why action, like shielding for these vulnerable people, wasn't implemented when this data was prevalent.at the peak of the pandemic which found nearly three quarters of all NHS and social care staff who died with coronavirus were from a BAME background.

 

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He shouldn't be discriminating

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