‘We were expecting some form of hesitancy but not to the extent we’ve seen.’ Professor Kamlesh Khunti comments on a new study by Leicester NHS Trust, which showed that vaccine take-up is significantly lower among Black and South Asian healthcare workers than their white colleagues. Watch a clip here
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One of the background issues that affects how people from minoritised ethnic groups are able to...
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“The way we stop transmission is to get people self-isolated… people in deprived areas and low-paid jobs, Black and Ethnic Minority people, have been less likely to be able to afford to self-isolate.” Dr Zubaida Haque tells Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight that people have had to make difficult choices between going to unsafe jobs and putting food on the table. Watch a clip here
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‘My concern with the vaccine is that the very people who have a right to be concerned about safety for historical and contemporary, systemic, discriminatory reasons, are the same groups of people who are at greater risk of exposure and death from the disease.’ Dr Tolullah Oni answers questions on the vaccine from readers of The Voice.
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The government has not done enough to reassure Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities about...
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The most deprived neighbourhoods in England have a COVID-19 mortality rate more than twice that of...
Read MoreA safe return to the workplace is essential for the economy, the health of workers and of the widercommunity. It must therefore be at the core of any effective strategy to deal with COVID-19. However, suchsafety is endangered by...
Read MoreThe question of why more people from black and ethnic minority (BME) backgrounds appear to be at greater risk of hospitalisation and deaths with COVID-19 – and the need for urgent action in order to address this – has become one of the most urgent issues in this pandemic in the UK.
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